French Finance Minister says law designed for farmers will be enforced better

French finance minister Le Maire will launch 500 controls on five big retailers to check if they comply with the EGALIM law, a law designed to safeguard farmgate prices but which protesting farmers say is not well enforced, he said on Wednesday during an interview with French radio CNews/Europe 1.

Le Maire added that he will also launch specific controls on European retail purchasing unions over EGALIM.