Maxime Buizard-Blondeau

Maxime Buizard-Blondeau is a prominent French agricultural leader and vice-president of the Jeunes Agriculteurs (Young Farmers) union. He has recently been in the news for his outspoken criticism of the European Commission's proposed budget cuts for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the impact of the Mercosur trade agreement on European farmers. Buizard-Blondeau warns that the diminishing share of the CAP in the EU budget threatens the sustainability of agriculture in Europe, describing the current situation as an 'existential crisis' for the sector.