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Why are farmers protesting in EU countries?

2024-02-02 11:15:57Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Why are farmers protesting in EU countries?

Farmers are protesting across the European Union to force authorities to help them deal with rising costs and other problems, such as unfair competition from products imported from South American countries and Ukraine.

There are several reasons for the accumulated dissatisfaction. Most importantly, in most countries, farmers say that they are not paid enough, and that they are burdened with high taxes, bureaucracy and strict environmental regulations. They also see as a problem the large quantities of products imported from Ukraine, for which the EU has waived quotas and customs duties since the country's conflict with Russia began in February 2022.

Large amounts of imports from Ukraine, on which the EU has waived quotas and duties since the Russian invasion, and renewed negotiations to conclude a trade deal between the EU and the South American bloc have fueled discontent for unfair competition in sugar, grain and meat.

Farmers are unhappy with imports because they say they put pressure on European prices by failing to meet environmental standards imposed on EU farmers. The European Commission proposed to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine by introducing an emergency ban on the most sensitive products poultry, eggs and sugar, but producers say the volume would still be high.

Farmers also oppose new EU subsidy rules, such as the requirement to leave 4% of farmland fallow. They decry excessive bureaucracy, which French farmers say their government complicates by complicating enforcement.

The Commission this week responded by exempting EU farmers for 2024 from the requirement to keep part of their land fallow, not to use it for a period of time, while still receiving EU farm support payments 's, but instead they would have to grow crops without applying pesticides. In Germany and France, the EU's biggest producers, farmers have opposed plans to end subsidies, or tax breaks, for agricultural oil.


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