Overview
- Incumbent Véronique Le Floc’h and challenger Bertrand Venteau present rival approaches ahead of a presidential ballot due today, with results expected later.
- Several South‑West leaders urged a relaunch of tractor actions “far more virulently” to force gains on farm incomes.
- The union’s rapid rise to representation in 11 chambers and roughly 30% of recent farm votes heightens the stakes of the decision.
- The electoral college of departmental section presidents votes first for president, then for an 18‑member directorate, as about 400 members gather in Auch.
- Debates exposed rifts over hardline tactics and governance, including scrutiny of Lot‑et‑Garonne’s chamber by the Cour des comptes, even as both candidates issued unity appeals before the vote.