The 27 ministers will debate how to ensure rapid, but also structural, responses to the problems faced by farmers that have led to the protests.
Multiple dozens of tractors They arrived early this Monday in the historic center of Brusselsincluding the Grand Place, while hundreds of others are marching towards the capital and are expected to take over the European Quarter to coincide with the meeting of European Agriculture Ministers.
The farmers, who organized a similar mobilization on the 1st when a summit of European leaders was held, are protesting against the drop in their incomes, environmental regulations, administrative overload or free trade agreements like the ones they have yet to conclude. European Union and Mercosur.
According to the Brussels police, the demonstrators, who are moving in various columns on highways and national highways towards the capital, are expected to enter mainly via the streets of Mons, Leuven and Tervuren. That’s why they multiplied the warnings advise against using the car and choose public transport. Various tunnels on the city ring are closed.
This new protest has marked the agenda of the 27 agriculture ministers, who will today debate proposals and measures to respond to the situation in the sector and try to quell the protests. They do this, they admit in a statement, ‘given the urgency of the situation’.
As they move beyond 27, passing legislative action is not on the agenda. The idea is to debate “a roadmap for the future”maintain “a frank exchange and identify what can be done.”
At today’s meeting, ministers from each country will present their proposals. They analyze the possibilities rapid response to streamline bureaucratic procedureslike structural responses, in the medium and long term“Not only in financial terms, but also in terms of its position in the food chain,” the EU said in a statement.
Last Thursday, the European Commission presented a series of short- and medium-term measures that ministers will debate this Monday. One of Brussels’ proposals is to simplify the methodology of certain controls, with the aim of reducing the number of visits to farms by national authorities by up to 50%.
Moreover, in recent weeks the Community Administration has announced other measures in response to the protests, such as withdrawing the bill to reduce the use of pesticides, the partial withdrawal of set-aside in 2024 or introducing safeguards to respond to Ukrainian imports .
Source: EITB
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