France: The government reaffirms its commitments to the agricultural world

"The government wants the definitive adoption, in the financial laws for 2025, of all the commitments in favor of the agricultural world contained in the financial texts examined this fall," stated in a press release the ministers Annie Genevard (Agriculture), Eric Lombard (Economy and Finance) and Amélie de Montchalin (Public Accounts). More than a year after the agricultural crisis of winter 2024, the government's fiscal and social commitments must still wait for the adoption of the budget (PLF) and the social security financing law (PLFSS) for 2025 before being fully effective, the text recalls. "It is absolutely necessary to avoid any consequence of the principle of non-retroactivity in tax matters which could postpone the entry into force of these provisions to January 1, 2026 and reinforce the feeling that farmers are hostages to parliamentary instability," the ministers note in their press release. "By recalling its intention before December 31, the government intends to ...