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Lecornu Vows to End 'Double Standards' With Import Suspensions and Tougher Checks

Talks with farm unions begin Monday following a letter that shifts the response toward concrete enforcement.

Overview

  • The prime minister says decrees will be issued this week to suspend certain South American imports, including avocados and apples, when residues of five substances banned in the EU are detected.
  • Controls on imported foods will be massively reinforced at borders and across the domestic market to ensure equal standards.
  • The government will triple the fund for agricultural hydraulic equipment and has instructed prefects to inventory stalled, small‑scale water projects.
  • France pledges no reduction in Common Agricultural Policy funding for farm incomes and asks the European Commission to temporarily neutralize fertilizer price impacts from the carbon border mechanism.
  • On the bovine dermatose outbreak, the government cites mass vaccination and rapid aid and promises to adjust post‑vaccination protocols to protect exports, with meetings with farm unions starting Monday.