by Verità&Affari editorial team
The protests of the people are back farmers a Bruxelles. Hundreds of tractors have already blocked several streets in the city, particularly near the quarter European, where the meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the 27 is being held. The farmers, who arrived from various European countries to protest against the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Green Deal, blocked rue de la Loi, in the direction of Europa Building where the meeting of ministers will be held. Many firecracker explosions.
The estimates speak of 1500 tractors coming from Belgium itself, but also from Holland, Germany and France. The aim of the protest is to reiterate that what the Commission has done so far is not enough. A protest announced that it will take place in the same hours in which the European Council will meet to examine the package of proposals launched by the Commission last Thursday to simplify the rules that farmers are required to respect and halve the controls.
Coldiretti: three thousand Italian farmers at the event
Il package of measures it also provides for a moratorium on sanctions for those who do not comply with European obligations due to environmental disasters. To all this we must add the stop for the whole of 2024 – already established by the Commission – to set aside 4% of the land. However, the Commission’s ongoing change, supported by most member countries, has not been enough to calm farmers’ anger.
“In Brussels with over 3 thousand Coldiretti farmers to ask for concrete answers. We proposed to simplify the CAP immediately, increase the ceiling on state aid, authorize a debt moratorium for agricultural companies and remove environmental constraints that reduce food production in Europe and encourage imports from other continents. This is not the Europe we want, we need an urgent change of pace. The times of European bureaucracy are not those of businesses. We will continue to monitor Brussels for a long time, because the future of the sector is decided here”, declared the president of Coldiretti Hector Prandini announcing the event.
Starting from 10.00, in conjunction with the works, the event organized by will be held Coldiretti which will leave from Luxembourg Station to reach Rue de la Loi, near the European Commission and Council. “Alongside President Prandini – underlines Coldiretti – they will meet farmers e breeders from all over Italy to demonstrate their opposition to European rules that undermine the agricultural sector”.