The amendments - patches of the new law on animal husbandry by the government of the New Democracy, refers in a press release, the MP of Laconia of SYRIZA - P.S., Minister of Rural Development with the opposition party and former Minister of Rural Development and Food, Mr.Stavros Arachovitis.
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«Neither the amendment of the very recent law (law 4711/2020) of the same government of the Southwest, nor the ineffective “patches” with which it tries to improve it, will finally bring the law that is currently needed by the Greek livestock farming, in order to overcome the major problems it faces, a law that will bring about a truly radical simplification of procedures, so that it can move forward.
The Government of Aristos should bear in mind that the constant reversals and setbacks in its decisions do not cultivate credibility and trust in the agricultural world of the country.
This was underlined, among other things, in his statement to the Committee on Production and Trade, the Minister for Agriculture. Development of SYRIZA-PS St. Arachovitis, where the draft law on livestock farms is currently being discussed.
«The deeper issue, not only in livestock farming, but in all production, is that very soon we will have no production. Cattle are slaughtered, units are abolished. The increase in milk, at the moment, is not even a small percentage to make up for the increase in production costs, with the increases in feed prices, traffic and electricity,” the MEP stressed, adding: “The farming community had learned in a scheme, on the eve of 28 October and before Christmas, to be paid certain money for many years. Since the SYRIZA government, the payments have been put in order and we have not had fines and penalties for this period. On the contrary, only one fine was confirmed, amounting to almost EUR 18 million, relating to the 2007-2013 management period.
The cuts are much larger, a fact confirmed by the producers themselves, and are not only due to the horizontal cut of 4.5%, nor only to the milk CMO, nor only to cross-checks. There is a series of failures that all coincided together, resulting in this cut of EUR 63 million.»
