The meeting at Masaf with the delegation of the agricultural redemption movement ended after two hours.
The undersecretary of Masaf, Patrizio La Pietra, received the 6 representatives.
"After years of choices based on the logic of radical pseudo environmentalism, we want to change community policy and we want to do it in perfect synergy with those who live and work in the fields - La Pietra specified - it is time to make a change of pace on politics agricultural community by simplifying the provision of aid, avoiding financial cuts, saying enough to the shame of aid for not producing".
"It was a positive meeting. Now we are waiting for the official announcement from the ministry."
Thus Andrea Papa, one of the spokespersons for agricultural redemption.
Meanwhile, the presence of Riscatto agricultural tractors continues on Via Nomentana in Rome
.
"We remain here waiting for the minister to formalize the commitments made during the meeting in recent days with our delegation. In particular, regarding the opening of a technical table" explains Elia Fornai, one of the coordinators of Agricultural Redemption.
At the moment, according to the farmers' movement, there are around three hundred vehicles present at the collection point near the Grande Raccordo Anulare.
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Lollobrigida: "Working on another Irpef proposal"
"On Irpef, together with our colleagues Giorgetti and Leo, we are working on a further proposal that guarantees agricultural entrepreneurs in the most relevant way possible. Income support for the weakest and the reduction of production costs, within a framework of equity, they remain the guiding star of the executive led by Giorgia Meloni and I hope that anyone, beyond the parliamentary position, has the agricultural system at heart."
Thus the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, responds to the leader of Action Carlo Calenda, according to whom "the amendment to the Milleproroghe is not sufficient to solve the problem".
"Today Action - notes Lollobrigida - is a harbinger of suggestions which are always useful, if nothing else, to underline what the Government is already doing and has communicated to the associations representing farmers at the meeting on Friday at Palazzo Chigi. Among these, there are automatic checks that will be triggered in the presence of purchases lower than the average production price published by Ismea. The minister then underlines that "the Italian Government, outside our borders, does not look at the party to which individuals belong but evaluates whether the proposals are useful for giving or not giving answers to our farmers.
As has happened on several occasions, starting from the first day of taking office at the Ministry of Agriculture, I will have no hesitation in adhering to the acceptable requests that come from parliamentary colleagues.
I thank Action for the suggestions but, this time too, I will support those proposals that have the same interest as ours in protecting agricultural entrepreneurs, such as the one put forward by the French minister Marc Fesneau on the principle of reciprocity - notes Lollobrigida - to prevent goods from arriving in our nation from from third countries that do not respect the same rules imposed on our farmers".
"With my colleague Fesneau we have had the opportunity to share many relevant positions several times, starting from the battles against synthetic food and in favor of the exemption to be able to use illogically set aside land. Furthermore, from France - concludes the minister - we have received support for particularly important documents, such as the one on bioregulatory man, on the fight against the excessive proliferation of ungulates and on large carnivores and we share the control room to address African swine fever in strategic terms".
Rimini, Cagliari, Palermo: the protest continues, ready to go to Brussels
The garrison of Sardinian farmers and shepherds in front of the port of
Cagliari
will remain standing until at least February 26th.
Not just Rome: after the parade in front of the Colosseum, also ready to march from Sardinia towards another destination: Brussels.
For now, however, we continue to the bitter end.
"Stop imposing constraints to encourage imports", but also "Stop begging for more value in agriculture": with signs like these hoisted on tractors, it has also arrived in
Rimini
.
And in
Palermo
there are problems with traffic around the city.
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