Brussels’ negligence to blame | Efimerida ton Syntakton – Greece
Source: euro|topics
France’s agricultural policy is full of contradictions, L’Opinion criticises:
“’We are all farmers’. Yes, when we demand quality food products that are ‘made in France’, but no, when the culture of low prices fed by the big retail chains eats up profit margins to the point of bankruptcy. Yes, when we demand local products; no, when the principle of ‘not in my backyard’ jeopardises certain activities. … Yes, in the pride of belonging to an agricultural powerhouse, the key to national sovereignty; no, in the indifference to the excessive standards, costs, prohibitions and controls that are destroying entire sectors. … These inconsistencies have a high price. High for the farmers, but even higher for the country as a whole.”
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