A delegation of farmers will be received at noon on Monday by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU
A delegation of farmers will be welcomed by the EU Council of Ministers and the Commissionas reported by the Belgian newspaper LeSoir.
A delegation of farmers will be received at noon on Monday by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU and by the European Commissionfollowing the meeting of EU agriculture ministers, in the Council buildingsthe Belgian presidency announced.
At the same time outside the EU Council building where EU agriculture ministers meet, about 300 tractors have been assembledwhile a total of 900 tractors have paralyzed the Belgian capital.
In the Council of Ministers of Agriculture measures to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are discussedpending a second set of proposals in March on farmers’ wages, the Belgian minister underlined upon his arrival, David Clarnival.
The streets of Brussels near Schuman Square resemble a battlefield. The farmers, much angrier this time than the previous demonstration on February 1, are burning tires and straw, while throwing manure, tangerines and eggs at the police who have set up barricades, preventing them from entering the Council building. . Earlier in the morning there was tension when farmers with tractors broke a police barricade and the authorities responded with water cannons.
Along with the Belgian farmers, unions from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany are protesting today, according to the Belgian press. Among the farmers’ main demands, which they say have not yet been heard, are: fair incomes, a reduction in administrative burdens, an end to free trade agreements with countries that do not follow the same rules (e.g. Mercosur) and an increase in the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
“There is room (for modifications) within the current rules“, assessed the French Minister Marc Fesno upon his arrival in Brussels.
“There is a lot of anger over broken promises: this is an opportunity for much-needed reforms, the current CAP is a bureaucratic monster. Work in the fields and not bureaucracy should be the order of the day”said German Minister Cem Ozdemir.
Source: Skai
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