French agricultural unions have criticized the government's recently announced emergency aid plan for farmers affected by severe drought and heatwaves, calling it insufficient to address the scale of the crisis. The FNSEA, the country's largest agricultural union, and the Confédération paysanne, another influential group, have expressed dissatisfaction with the plan, which totals more than one billion euros. Hervé Lapie, vice president of the FNSEA, said the aid needs to be supplemented with an additional billion euros, arguing that the estimated losses for the agricultural sector amount to around ten billion euros, making the current support inadequate. Annie Genevard, the Minister of Agriculture, emphasized the need to compensate for losses, prevent farm bankruptcies, and help restart agricultural production. She unveiled a "rearmament fund" of 235 million euros for France and the Antilles, which will be managed by regional authorities called prefects. The fund includes a specific portion allocated to fires that impacted agricultural farms this summer. Genevard explained that each region faces different challenges and requires tailored responses. The FNSEA has also called for measures to restructure annuities—annual payments—on agricultural farms to prevent excessive debt and financial strain by 2027. The union is also demanding the immediate restart of commercial negotiations, which are scheduled to begin in December. Hervé Lapie stressed that farmers cannot wait until March to address current losses, which are estimated to range between 20 and 50 percent of their income. The Confédération paysanne has warned of potential mobilization efforts in the coming days, calling the government's aid plan a "real scandal" and a "first lie." Thomas Gibert, a spokesperson for the union, said the government is only offering "crumbs" and argued for the creation of a "universal compensation fund" to fairly address the losses suffered by farms. He criticized the plan, noting that half of the allocated funds are meant for the normal operation of the national solidarity compensation system, which is designed to help with harvest losses due to extreme weather events. The government estimates that 520 million euros is needed for compensation and has promised to speed up the processing of payments. The funds announced by the minister include the national solidarity compensation (ISN), the main state mechanism for compensating farmers for losses linked to exceptional climatic risks.