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The meeting of the European Ministers of Agriculture in Brussels raised yesterday to the Spanish Minister Luis Planas at the table, along with 12 European countries, the need for the European Commission to allow us to form part of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), as and as it happened in March 2020 to deal with the expansion of Covid-19. This is the financial fund for rural development policies, which constitute the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In this way, Spain would have more economic resources to support farmers and ranchers against the impact of the conflict in Ukraine.
In any case, Planas also asked the European Commission for consistency with regard to the reform of the emissions directive and described as "unreal" that the project considered, for example, that "a farm with 150 cows is an industrial facility subject to the same standards as the chemical industry.
A position that, he assures, shares other payments such as France, which presides over the European Union this semester.
The minister also reported on the impact on Spanish exports that the entry of greater imports from third countries due to the 'closure' of the Russian and Ukrainian markets. This would especially affect the market share of Spanish citrus and vegetables. For this reason, he requested flexibility in the application of crisis measures such as market withdrawals and the execution of planned investments.
