Around a thousand farmers gathered in Carrigaline, Co Cork, at the constituency office of Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to protest at EU proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Irish Farmers' Association, which organised the demonstration, says farmers could lose up to 40% of their CAP payments, but Mr Coveney rejects this.
The Common Agricultural Policy is the EU's framework to ensure that farmers earn a fair income in return for producing the food to feed Europe's half a billion people.
Negotiations to reform the CAP are currently under way, with billions riding on the outcome.
The IFA is concerned that proposals by the European Commission to move to a system of flat-rate payments per hectare will cost 80,000 of the country's most productive farmers a combined €250 million.
Several hundred farmers gathered at Minister Coveney's constituency office this aftrernoon, calling for him to take a tougher stance for Irish farmers in the negotiations.
Minister Coveney insists that while reform of CAP payments is inevitable, it will not lead to anything like the losses being predicted by the IFA, and the outcome will be fair for all Irish farmers.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Farmers protest over CAP reform
Dengan url
http://newsdeadlineup.blogspot.com/2013/03/farmers-protest-over-cap-reform.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Farmers protest over CAP reform
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Farmers protest over CAP reform
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar