Food prices: new negotiations expected
The war in Ukraine is coming to the table: trade negotiations between agrifood manufacturers and large retailers barely ended on March 1, the government summoned all the players on Friday morning to "start new negotiations" due to rising production costs. "Given the substantial change in economic conditions, distributors must adapt the contracts binding them to many suppliers," said Julien Denormandie on Wednesday. For the Minister of Agriculture, "new negotiations must be opened on the basis of a transparent and constructive dialogue between the parties". The videoconference meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m., bringing together distributors, industrialists and farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Ukraine: Macron denounces Putin's "disastrous responsibility" for his country
Emmanuel Macron denounced "the fatal responsibility" of Vladimir Putin "for his country", because the war in Ukraine against "a brotherly people" will leave "traces for decades". Asked about this conflict, he felt that the Russians "is not" what the army is "doing to a brotherly people, women and men who defend Russian culture, who share their language, their religion, their memories". He said he was going to "retell" this message to Vladimir Putin that he will have "very soon" on the phone, after a planned exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday evening.
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