Farmers in need: resistance to EU dictation and circulation madness!

In a crucial press conference on Monday, Peter Schmiedlechner, the chairman of the Freedom Farmership, made it clear the predicament of farmers. "Loss of purchasing power, delusion of requirements and the strict EU dictation have increasingly contributed to the crisis in agriculture," said Schmiedlechner. He demanded that the farmer could no longer be a beggar and supplicant: "The chains of the support bondage must be blown up". As a goal, the free peasantry is aiming to return to the general assembly in the coming election on March 9. In the last election in 2020, the farmers 'association successfully defended its absolute majority to the Freedom and Independent Farmers' Association (UBV).

Schmiedlechner also emphasized that the EU agricultural policy was responsible for many problems. According to Arthur Kroismayr, the agricultural expert of the freedom, the “lifelong” projects and growing dependence on international markets such as Mercosur continue to strengthen the situation for domestic family businesses. "We have developed a detailed government program, but the ÖVP has dissolved this coalition and the current traffic light government program is only a continuation of EU policy that damages agriculture," warned Kroismayr. ORF reported that many urgently needed measures such as the food identification and the debusters were completely neglected.

Schmiedlechner said that the Chamber of Agriculture should no longer act as a "self -service shop for favorites". He criticized that the funds often do not benefit the companies they urgently need. One example was the curious advertising for domestic peanuts that Lower Austria represents as a peanut land - a project that abates Schmiedlechner as a mere protection claim. According to his words, crucial problems are deeply rooted, and without a turn in agricultural policy, the "peasant death" continues unhindered. "The freedoms now have to preserve every voice, because only with our agricultural policy does agriculture have a future," Schmiedlechner concluded. This view was also supported by Noen, which also emphasized the urgent reforms that are necessary, which are necessary for the location of the farmers improve.