THE CHEKING PROCESS – According to the leader of Nupes, this measure would in particular guarantee the supply of France. But would it really be beneficial?
THE QUESTION. After the masks at the start of the Covid-19 crisis, will it soon be the turn of wheat to be requisitioned? This is what Jean-Luc Mélenchon is proposing, in order to guarantee its supply and protect the French from soaring prices, caused by the war in Ukraine. The episode of drought affecting France and farmers has accentuated these fears. “We have an interest in requisitioning the stocks“said the leader of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) on BFMTV on Sunday.
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«It must be done to be certain that the French will not be deprived of part of their own wheat which would go to export“, he justified. The leader of La France insoumise (LFI) had already mentioned this proposal in early April, before the presidential election, on the set of France 2. “I want to guarantee the supply of France and I don’t want that, because the prices are very high, we export a lot to make a lot of money“, he said, adding that this requisition would be followed by a price freeze in France and then the opening of “intergovernmental procurement conferences», in particular with Algeria.
So would requisitioning wheat stocks really have the advantages presented by Jean-Luc Mélenchon? And is it really doable?
LET’S CHECK. If Jean-Luc Mélenchon…
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