Farm protest in front of the parliament: EU under pressure for agricultural reforms!

Farm protest in front of the parliament: EU under pressure for agricultural reforms!

Wien, Österreich - The EU Mercosur deal ensures a lot of vertebrae and has led to nationwide peasant protests. Despite violent concerns and resistance, the EU Commission has successfully completed the negotiations, which lets the waves go up in the agricultural sector. An independent farmers' association drew attention to the predicament of the Austrian farmers on Thursday with a tractor protest star trip in front of the Vienna Parliament. "We don't do this because we are bland, but because it is about the farmers!", The association complains according to krone.at . The information from a report shows that the farmers are far back in the current income situation - according to the reports, their income is "a shame", in contrast to civil servants who receive an annual salary of 62,000 euros. Agricultural policy is described as dark. Thick air between politics and farmers is clear, and the allegations of the parties are: indifference and inactivity.

reform needs in agricultural policy

The anger of the farmers has now also shaken the EU. After the tumultuous protests in which thousands of farmers in Brussels took to the streets and even lit tires, a group of experts from the EU has given drastic reform recommendations on agricultural policy, which the President of the Ursula EU Commission received from Leyen. In an 110-page document, you are calling for a conversion of the agricultural system to guarantee that farmers guarantee appropriate support, so welt.de . The recommendations include a change in direct payments to farmers and call for the creation of a budget that responds to the needs of farmers and promotes environmental protection. While the conservative politicians in Brussels support these ideas, the Greens and Social Democrats are skeptical about the suggestions.