Referring to the farmers’ protests, President von der Leyen stated “our EU meals manufacturing system is exclusive and our farmers produce the very best high quality meals on this planet, and so they have to be paid pretty”. She introduced that the Fee will withdraw its proposal on pesticides discount and that by late summer time a report primarily based on the outcomes of the strategic dialogue on the way forward for agriculture within the EU will current choices for doable future reforms.

On the latest farmer demonstrations, most audio system stated a brand new method is required for the EU’s Widespread Agricultural Coverage and any upcoming laws for the inexperienced transition, and highlighted the twin coverage aim of making certain livelihoods for farmers and securing the EU’s meals manufacturing. Most MEPs raised the necessity to discover options to deal with these points concurrently, with many warning towards populist voices looking for to politicise this complicated downside. Some known as for extra direct monetary help for farmers or for restrictions on the import of agricultural merchandise.

February 6, 2024/ Parlamento Europeo.
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