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Competitiveness, crisis management, sustainability, and the knowledge-based economy will be on the agenda of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, starting on July 1, with the aim of making European agriculture farmer-centered, the Agriculture Minister said in Brussels on Monday.
Speaking to journalists after a meeting of agriculture ministers of the Member States, István Nagy stressed that the European Parliament elections on June 9 have a “huge stake,” namely to succeed in forcing Brussels to radically change its direction so that the farmer-centered approach also finds its place and role in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
We expect the elections to bring Europe back to normality. We must defend the interests of farmers, because this is the way to protect the value of European citizens by guaranteeing them food security on a daily basis,”
the Agriculture Minister stressed.
He said that the European Union does not guarantee the protection of its internal market, and that a large number of Ukrainian agricultural products continue to enter the EU markets. A solution is needed, as the dumping of Ukrainian agricultural products is squeezing out cereals from traditional European production, the Minister noted, adding that European farmers should not be held responsible for the whole climate change problem. “Farmers must be involved in the issue of climate change and not made scapegoats,” he said.
He stressed that
farmers must be supported in order to be able to make the necessary technological improvements to successfully continue their fight against climate change.
“This is exactly what the Hungarian Presidency is preparing to do, as it wants to implement a farmer-friendly agricultural policy, where competitiveness, crisis management, sustainability, the knowledge-based economy, and a farmer-centered approach will be on the agenda,” he said.
The stakes for the June 9 elections are therefore whether we can “remove the shackles” from the agricultural sector that the “reckless and unfounded” European green deal, the green ideology imposed on them, that is putting them at a complete loss, the Minister stressed. “What is needed are new foundations and new rules, which the Hungarian presidency represents excellently, namely that competitiveness, crisis management, a farmer-centered approach, a knowledge-based economy, and sustainability should be the framework for the common agricultural policy after 2027,” he concluded.
Via MTI, Featured image: Facebook/MCC Brussels