The Minister of Agriculture promised farmers that they would be compensated for losses suffered because of the exceptional drought. "There is distress among these people who cannot have access to water, who can lose everything," the minister said at a press conference at a fruit cooperative he had just visited in Ille-sur-Têt.
"Crisis" measures, including new water restrictions, are to be announced Tuesday by the prefect of the Pyrénées-Orientales, then enter into force Wednesday.