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Farmers against taxes, protests in Italy, France, Germany and Romania; More government subsidies are required

2024-01-23 10:45:55Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Farmers against taxes, protests in Italy, France, Germany and Romania; More

Farmer protests have erupted in Romania, Germany and France ahead of EU elections in June. While their demands vary across the board, they claim they are being hit hardest by environmental reforms and need more government subsidies to compensate.

In Romania, farmers and truckers have blocked main roads with their tractors and trucks for a week and a half already. They demand lower taxes and fairer subsidies, but so far talks with the government have failed and they are continuing to protest. They are also angry about the rising cost of insurance for heavy machinery.

In Berlin, farmers joined eco-activists. Farmers say they are fully in support of more environmentally friendly, non-GMO agriculture, but for that, they need subsidies or, at least, fair prices set for their produce. But they say the government has been reluctant to implement such measures despite submitting their demands to Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir.

Farmers have been on the streets since December, when the federal government agreed to a budget that scrapped decades of agricultural subsidies and benefits. These could have saved the farmers over 480 million euros. Later, Berlin decided to soften the plans, making the benefit cuts gradual.

In southern France, mass protests in recent days have forced the government to address farmers' issues. Earlier, farmers vowed to block several highways until new Prime Minister Attal hears their demands.

Farmers say the authorities' eco-transition policies make national producers uncompetitive. Not only does it make farms unprofitable, but it forces France to buy food products from countries with poorer environmental standards. Farmers in France are protesting the low purchase prices of agricultural products and demanding lower taxes, which are the demands of farmers across Europe.

They blocked roads in parts of France last week because of the government's tax on tractor fuel, cheap agricultural imports and low purchase prices. The government announced that it wants to hear the opinion of farmers' representatives to include additional measures to support the sector in the draft law on agriculture.

Meanwhile, in Italy, the farmers' protest has spread throughout the country. After the rallies in Sicily, entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector took to the streets in many regions, from north to south. At the center of the protests are the European policies for the sector, in particular the protection of synthetic foods and the promotion of products such as insect flour that do not belong to the Italian tradition. But also concerns about the constantly increasing costs.


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