Austria was against EU tariffs on grain from the Russian Federation and Belarus, Hungary abstained - portal

Austria opposed the EU's introduction of prohibitive tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus, and Hungary abstained during the vote. This was reported by the Euractiv portal with reference to sources. However, the portal explains, this did not prevent the proposal from being accepted by an overwhelming majority of votes. At the same time, Denmark, Lithuania, Finland, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Estonia supported Latvia, which advocated introducing restrictions on other agricultural goods from Russia. “It is in the EU’s overall interest to ensure that import restrictions are as broad and stringent as possible, in order, in particular, to address the concerns of the EU agricultural community about the risk of market destabilization,” says the text of the document developed by the delegations of these countries and obtained by Euractiv. On May 30, the EU Council approved the introduction of prohibitive tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus from July 1, while ...