The government has done everything
possible to support farmers and the agricultural sector said
Premier Giorgia Meloni from Tokyo on Monday as tractor protests
against EU and national agricultural policies closed in on the
capital.
"We have always met with farmers, one of the principal sectors
to which we pay attention," Meloni told reporters in the
Japanese capital.
The facts, she said, speak for themselves, citing "the budget
laws through which resources have been increased", renegotiation
of the EU-funded post-Covid national recovery and resilience
plan (NRRP) to increase available funding "from 5 to 8 billion
euro" and "the effort to incentivise diesel".
"We have done everything possible, a great job also in the
defense of products of excellence such as (through the
introduction of) the famous law banning synthetic food,"
continued Meloni.
"We can always work to do better and more, I am always willing
to listen to requests," she concluded.
Her comments came as farmers in tractors protesting against
national and European policies, cheap imports, high costs and
low agricultural prices made their way to Rome ahead of a
demonstration in the capital later this week.
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