Only international corporations will benefit from the suspension of meat promotion in Europe

Published 2021년 5월 6일

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The largest EU agricultural organizations are urging the European Commission to support all types of agricultural production, including meat and wine, as part of its future promotion policy. They warn that stopping support for these products could advantage only large multinationals. In a letter led by 64 members of the European Parliament, they stress the need to maintain a promotion budget and not exclude any products. This approach is endorsed by Copa-Cogeca and other agricultural producer organizations.

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According to the largest EU agricultural organizations, the European Commission must support all types of agricultural production, including products such as meat and wine, as part of its future promotion policy. - EU promotion policy has proved to be a great tool to popularize EU agricultural products at national, European and international level. Few people realize that our Parmesan cheese, camembert, sausages, hams and wines (part of the EU's culinary legacy) are world famous in part thanks to this policy. If support for certain products such as meat and wine is stopped, only large multinationals, able to market on a global scale and maintain their share of the export market, will benefit. On the other hand, what is the signal that this sends to our growers and winemakers who work tirelessly and in silence to improve the sustainability of their farms? It is a political posturing that will have harmful and counterproductive effects on the ground, says Jerzy Wierzbicki, chairman ...

Source: Wrp