Lawmakers from Premier Giorgia
Meloni's party Brothers of Italy (FdI), in agreement with
Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, have filed an
amendment to a decree on regulatory deadlines currently before
parliament that postpones by six months the entry into force of
compulsory insurance for agricultural vehicles, party sources
said on Friday.
The FdI sources said the move confirms the desire of the party,
the agriculture ministry and the Meloni government to continue
to support the agricultural sector through common-sense
measures, and that it will do all it can, in Italy and in
Europe, to defend all workers in the agrifood sector.
Farmers' association Coldiretti hailed the decision.
"Coldiretti strongly supports the measure that avoids the need
to insure agricultural vehicles that do not circulate on the
road," it said in a statement.
"Coldiretti in fact underlines the need not to exacerbate the
costs of agricultural companies and to lighten the burden of
bureaucracy," it added.
Coldiretti said there are about two million tractors and other
agricultural vehicles in Italy that are potentially affected by
the insurance requirement.
Farmers up and down the country are protesting over European and
Italian agricultural and environmental policies and general
hardship in the sector.
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