"Well, the meeting went very well."
Thus Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida entered the Fieragricola district of Verona after having spoken at length with representatives of the tractor movement.
For safety and traffic reasons, the authorities had not allowed the farmers to arrive in procession with all their tractors, limiting the demonstration in front of the fair to just five agricultural vehicles.
The minister met with representatives of the tractor movement, who came to demonstrate in front of the Verona Fieragricola.
He spoke with the group's spokespersons, announcing that later, after the inauguration of the fair, he would meet a small delegation of them.
"There must be no farmers against farmers" the minister repeated several times, explaining that the Government is aware of the needs of the sector.
There are around 300 demonstrators in front of the fair, while the symbolic presence of the tractors is reduced to just 5 vehicles, given the ban imposed by the authorities, for safety reasons, on allowing a larger procession to arrive in front of Veronafiere.
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