After a visit to the Caves de Roquefort, Emmanuel Macron made the tour of all the houses of the Cité cheese this Thursday, July 3.
Once the freshness has been left under the Buzza, in the Roquefort Société cellars, with the intimacy that went with it, many of them wait for Emmanuel Macron, in the main street of Roquefort. Smartphones in hand, items to have signed, the street was crowded with people for this crowd bath of the President of the Republic, in the dampness of the village of 300 souls, this Thursday, July 3.
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Before the friendly moment, full of selfies, smiles and tastings, farmers, FDSEA and young farmers in mind, were entitled to set up their local claims. Among them, necessarily predation. “This is a major issue for pastoralism, the attacks are intensifying, we ask for a return to balance”, Presented Léo Nakich, the president of young farmers of Aveyron. The president was firm in his response: “We asked our breeders a lot, I was there from the start. We fought to downgrade the protection of the wolf, there are too many. You have to adapt the practices and say that where there is pastoralism, we do not want the wolf to come and settle because we threaten an entire organization. Yes, to reintroduce the wolf, but where there are no pastoralism and no breeders. “
The UNESCO glove and candidacy highlighted
After long dialogues and a rather uncomfortable expectation under overheating barnums, each house in Roquefort has impatiently waited for the time of tasting. Each has gone there from its novelty. Liquor for one, roquefort lyophilized for others, small memory gift, etc. Among them, Olivier Fabre and Nadia Bedar, carrying the candidacy of the Ganterie in Pays de Millau to Unesco, took the opportunity to put a layer for their cause. “We really need your support, pleaded Olivier Fabre. You can see it here, a whole sector is united, you have to help us. ” Will the message be heard, will it be applied? Emmanuel Macron left Millau, the helicopter loaded with a pair of gloves for him and for his wife.
Heat and proximity oblige, Emmanuel Macron had also fallen the jacket for this tour. He discovered the Roquefort traditional method at Carles, with Delphine the owner of the eponymous house but also the smallest production, at the old shepherd, family home. Penicillium, refining, the president has been educated and will now be unbeatable on the manufacture of Roquefort.
Breeders from Lozère
Some breeders in the sector have even made the road to attend this unique moment, as the presidential visits are rare in South Aveyron (he was coming in 2019, but in Rodez, editor’s note). “It’s an honor for us to see it, was delighted Serge Agret, sheep farmer at La Canourgue (Lozère). It is a real gratitude for our work and it shows that the state is interested in our territory. ” A sound of bell different from the pans of the peasant confederation that could be heard a few kilometers below.
The proximity to everyone in the village has almost made you forget the closure from the Lauras roundabout, the main access to the cheese city and the numerous restrictions to access the president. The crowds allowed everyone to get their message or gift getting across. Faced with the giant pin cake and the candles of the 100th anniversary of the PDO, he was entitled to a last present: a Laguiole knife (in exchange for a room to respect tradition). “It was sublime for me!”, Did he drop before the representatives of the General Confederation of Roquefort.
After the success of the party in early June, the King of Cheeses was still treated to a good highlight for his hundredth candle.
