European ministers agree to reduce farmers’ anger

According to the report of the international group Tasnim News Agency, citing the German newspaper “Tags Shaw”, for For the third time since the beginning of this year, hundreds of tractors belonging to protesting farmers blocked the European quarter of Brussels. The protesting farmers, who were mainly from Belgium, piled up a lot of hay and set tires on fire. Now, during these protests, the European Union countries have decided to reduce environmental regulations.

At a meeting in Brussels, the EU agriculture ministers decided to make it easier for farmers with fewer obligations and more freedom of action. During this meeting, protests were made by farmers in Brussels.

Marc Fesno, Minister of Agriculture and Food of France emphasized, “This is not a privilege for farmers. “It is an echo, a response to what they have said about the fundamental problems in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and it is true, and that is why I think it is a sensible move.”

In response to farmers’ protests, the European Union eases rules for the cultivation of fish crops. In this way, EU member states will have more freedom to decide which soils should be protected in which season. Farmers will still be exempted from the obligation to allocate a part of their agricultural lands for the purpose of species protection.

Accordingly, farms with an area of ​​less than 10 hectares are exempted from the control and punishment of their owners. This affects two-thirds of those receiving direct payments under the CAP. Officials hope that this will significantly reduce administrative costs without affecting environmental objectives. : We have listened to the opinions of our farmers and acted quickly to address their concerns at a time when they are facing many challenges.

He emphasized: For example, winter cover measures should be more flexible. or ensure more flexibility in crop rotation. According to him, the second package considers the creation of a price monitoring center in order to be able to quickly react to the decrease in prices. affect the market to increase farmers’ income in particular.

German Federal Agriculture Minister Jem Özdemir also supported these measures, however, he stressed that the European Union should not give up on environmental protection.

Norbert Tutznig, his Austrian colleague, also welcomed these facilities and said: they bring more flexibility to farmers. This means relief in terms of controls, especially for smaller companies. He added: “In my opinion, it is now necessary that these proposals be implemented quickly to show their effects quickly.

For a long time in several European countries, farmers and their associations have been demanding price reductions, biological regulations. A new environment from Brussels and the import of agricultural products from Ukraine are protesting. The European Union Commission has proposed to apply import tariffs for some agricultural products of Ukraine that are above a certain amount, such as eggs, chicken and sugar. We should support militarily and economically, but there should not be an imbalance in the markets.

He emphasized: If we lose the support of European public opinion and agriculture, it will not benefit Ukraine and Europe. We are in favor of a balanced position.”

Negotiations are still ongoing. This facility for farmers is supposed to be decided quickly and approved by the European Union Parliament at the end of April.

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