Editorial: Le Monde

• Farmers' anger is putting several governments under pressure five months before the European elections in June.
• The protest is evident in Germany, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Romania, and France, where it has taken on a particularly dramatic dimension.
• At stake are challenges to implement the European Green Pact, which aims to balance environment and biodiversity defense with the preservation of diverse agriculture.
• Part of the farmers fear they will lose income by adopting a change in their mode of production.
• In France, the conflict is becoming a baptism of fire for the new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal.
• The current crisis is particularly hard to solve as it touches on the contradictions of the ecological transition.
• There is no total consensus on the subject.

Conclusion: The response to this involves fully recognizing the place of farmers in the new development model and making pragmatic adjustments in the implementation of the Green Pact. Better education around the project that Europe stands for is needed.

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