Shutting down will not be mandatory – Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote today on the X website. He added that this is the result of his discussions with the head of the European Commission. He announced that further details would be announced on Friday.
Breaking news! Concrete for farmers: set-aside is no longer mandatory from this year. This is the result of my conversations with the head of the Commission. Information on other details later today
– wrote Prime Minister Donald Tusk on his account on X.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski announced in Warsaw on Friday that the package of changes prepared by the European Commission meets farmers’ expectations.
The cessation and restriction of pesticides will not be mandatory. Instead of punishments there will be incentives
– he pointed out.
The smallest farms with an area of up to 10 hectares.
Voluntary eco scheme
As Wojciechowski noted, the obligations should be converted into a voluntary eco-scheme. Farmers who implement environmentally friendly changes on their farms should be rewarded with additional subsidies. According to the commissioner, a less restrictive policy based on incentives will be more effective.
Peasant protests have been going on in Poland and other EU countries for weeks. In Poland, their demands include abandoning the provisions of the Green Deal, sealing borders against the influx of agri-food products from outside the EU and defending livestock farming in Poland.
The European Green Deal introduces many directives, including: agriculture, that should enable Europe to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The idea is to introduce a more ecological and less emission-intensive production by setting aside land, reducing the use of fertilizers and crop protection products by half and a mandatory allocation of 25%. piece of land for organic crops.
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Source: wPolityce