[When returning from Brussels, after the privaCI workshop, I happened to sit in the Thalys train to Paris, next to three French (?) lobbyists (??) discussing very loudly about the specifics of their trade, apparently acting for the main agriculture union FNSEA (???) model of industrial and intensive agriculture at the European Commission or Parliement in Brussels. Annoyingly so, making me regret my bargain first class ticket. Here are a few sentences from one of their phone calls:]
“T’installes un éleveur de poules c’est deux cent milles euros, un éleveur de porcs c’est un million, c’est pas pareil. Tu peux installer un éleveur de poules en trois mois !”
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“Le président de la République [Emmanuel Macron] a signé, son discours souligne l’importance du modèle de la CEPR [contrats de plan État-Région], c’est plié, je ne vois pas ce qu’on peut faire de plus!”
[While flying to Venezia, two art professionals were sitting in front of me, talking the entirety of the flight in a rather affected way.]
