By AGERPRES special correspondent Florin Stefan, reports: PNL MEP Siegfried Muresan stressed, on Monday in Strasbourg, the importance of the European Parliament (EP)’s vote to approve the support measures for European farmers, represented by the safeguard clauses within the EU-Mercosur agreement. After this vote, scheduled for Tuesday, the decision on provisional application will be up to the European Commission (EC).
„The clauses are extremely firm, because practically at minimum variations in quantity of only 5% or minimum variations in prices of only 5%, the European Commission can trigger a mechanism to protect farmers,” Muresan declared in a briefing for Romanian journalists.
He explained that initially the proposed margin of these variations was 10%, but the European Parliament insisted on this proportion of 5%. „These measures come together with 45 billion euros offered to farmers in the context of this free trade agreement,” added Muresan, who is vice-chair of the European…
