The battle of the Prosek. Patuanelli: 'A technical table has already been activated to oppose us'

The battle between Italy and Croatia over Prosecco continues.

, submitted by Croatia. The publication was anticipated by the EU executive in the reply given by the agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski to a question from MEPs from different countries and camps. Croatia wants to use the traditional term "Prosek" for four wines with a protected designation of origin.

"It is not for me to say but it undoubtedly seems that the term Prosek evokes in the mind of the average European consumer precisely the Italian Prosecco.

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relating to the conditions of admissibility in order to oppose what is proposed by Croatia. And allow me to thank the Undersecretary Gian Marco Centinaio who, in addition to immediately following in first person the question also by virtue of his delegation, today he wanted to be present precisely to represent the unity of the Government and how we move in a synchronous way ". "Right from the start, the Undersecretary activated a dossier - explained the minister - and I personally asked him for the coordination necessary to make the ministerial action as a whole fruitful and effective". 

Flash mob of Brothers of Italy under the Senate in Piazza San Luigi of the French

for the defense of the Italian spirit of prosecco and denouncing "the risk that the umpteenth Italian excellence will be overwhelmed by clever ones and falsifiers". In the square, the parliamentarians of Giorgia Meloni, to explain the reason for the protest, Senator Luca De Carlo, national manager of the agriculture department of FdI.

On the Prosek issue, the Italian Wines Union (UIV) will team up with France, Spain, Portugal and Germany so that the wine federations of these countries "also present motions contrary to the Commission's indication. Among other things, the Champagne Committee has opposition to the Prosek affair has already been announced ". This was announced by the Uiv, sharing the line drawn by the Minister for Agricultural Policies, Stefano Patuanelli, today in the Senate during an information on the protection of the Prosecco denomination of origin.