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Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday he would step up checks on big French and European retailers to ensure they pay French farmers fairly under a law designed to safeguard farm-gate prices, as France seeks to quell farmer unrest. Farmers in France, the EU's biggest agricultural producer, argue they are not being paid enough and that a push by the government and retailers to bring down food inflation has left many producers unable to cover costs. Le Maire said in an interview with French radio CNews/Europe 1, that he will launch 500 checks on five big retailers to check if they comply with the so-called EGALIM law designed to guarantee fair prices at the farm-gate, which protesting farmers say is poorly enforced.

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