“The best French prefect of all time is being snatched from us”.. The Coordination rurale gersoise did not mince its words following the announcement on November 13 of the departure of the prefect Laurent Carrié to the Élysée Palace. Carrié, who took up his post in August 2023, will take up his new post on November 25. “Territories Advisoraccording to information from Context .

This move displeased the farmers’ union, which reacted angrily to the announcement. “Once again, we can only observe the total incompetence of our Parisian decision-makers when it comes to managing a country! Having only arrived on August 21, 2023, the best Prefect of France of all time has been snatched from us? Perhaps the people of Paris don’t like to see a Préfet at the bedside of their farmers like Laurent Carrié??? A Préfet who listens, who is on the ground, who dialogues and gets to the bottom of issues, for his farmers???”, the group asserts in a Facebook post.

In his one year and three months in office, the senior civil servant had contributed to the advancement of several important projects. in the Gers. In this way, he relaunched the modernization of the Auch abattoir, saving it from closure, and championed the development of the RN124, which links Toulouse to the Gers via Auch.

Agricultural mobilizations expected later this week

This departure comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the agricultural world, against the backdrop of debates on the 2025 Finance Bill. The industry also fears the signing of of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Latin American countries of Mercosur. Arnaud RousseauArnaud Rousseau, President of the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA), has called for national mobilization starting Monday November 18.

For its part, the Coordination rurale du Fers launched an appeal on November 5 to “all farmers in the Gers region to bring their farms up to date, finish sowing and mobilize in Auch on Tuesday November 19, to demand a last gasp from the government”. in a press release published on Facebook. Faced with this rising tension, Laurent Carrié said he was aware of the anger that “rising to a crescendo”. in an interview published in La Dépêche on November 13. “Since my arrival, agriculture has been my priority. In the face of this tension, anger and concern, I’m delighted with the ongoing dialogue we’ve been able to set up with professional farming organizations and representatives of the agricultural world.”However, he was anxious to point out, in particular, that the advance payments CAP aid had been met in its entirety. The prefect also said “mobilized until the last minute”. in the columns of the Occitan daily.

The post of “Territories advisor is no stranger to Laurent Carrié. He had already been appointed to this position, at Matignon, in 2019, in the cabinet of the French Prime Minister.Edouard Philippe then by Jean Castex. A native of Toulouse, he had previously served as Secretary General for Regional Affairs (SGAR) in Haute-Garonne. He had also held the position of Prefect Delegate for Equal Opportunities in the Bouches-du-Rhône region, where he was responsible, among other things, for implementing the “Marseille en granda vast program to revitalize the city of Marseille and improve living conditions.