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Farmers and civil society mobilise again in Brussels after Von der Leyen and Clarinval fail to listen

Despite the large-scale mobilisations seen across Europe over the last month and clear political demands to protect farmers’ incomes, European policymakers have failed to take appropriate action and address the concerns of farmers. Their only response has come in the form of misguided and damaging decisions to revoke environmental measures. Therefore, the Belgian farmers’ union FUGEA, European farmers’ organisation ECVC and other farmers and agricultural workers from across Europe once again take to the streets of Brussels today, strongly supported by more than 40 civil society and workers’ organisations.

The demands of the farmers are:

  • End free trade agreements and unfair competition, starting with the definitive end of EU-Mercosur agreement negotiations.
  • Regulate markets and strengthen the directive on Unfair Trading Practices, using the Spanish food chain law as a positive example, in order to make it mandatory that prices paid to farmers cover production costs including a decent income and to protect them from speculation.
  • Ensure a sufficient budget and an equitable distribution of CAP aid to facilitate a fair transition towards agroecology and sustainable practices.
  • Reduce the administrative burden for farmers.
  • Stop the deregulation of GMOs/new genomic techniques.
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Год: 2024
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Географический охват: Европейский союз
Язык контента: English
Author: European Coordination Via Campesina ,
Категория: Статья
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