Belgium sees farmers' requests as legitimate and advocates taking action

The Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, considered this Tuesday that "many" of the requests of the farmers, who have been chaining protests in the country since last Friday, "are legitimate" and expressed his willingness to "take concrete measures" with their partners of the European Union (EU). The Belgian federal government has "a role to play at the European level", since this semester it holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, said De Croo, who met this afternoon with representatives of the country's agricultural unions, in statements reported by the newspaper Le Soir. "Many of the rules that apply to (farmers) are European. Our European presidency and the European summit on Thursday provide the opportunity to discuss these issues at that level, including with the European Commission," De Croo added in his account. in X. For the Belgian Prime Minister, "farmers want to be partners in the ecological transition, but we must give them the means to do ...