Image: ANDREAS SOLARO (AFP)
Four tractors also drove through the city center of Rome on Friday. They received applause from citizens along the path to the Circus Maximus site. The farmers at the helm demanded a meeting with the government. They threatened massive protests in Rome if members of the government did not invite them to talks.
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The farmers’ associations decided against a demonstration with tractors in front of the Lateran Basilica due to pressure from the authorities. But on Friday evening, construction workers want to march on the Gra city bypass with their tractors and block traffic in protest. “We cannot be satisfied with promises,” emphasized a spokesman for the demonstrators. Peasant protests are underway in several Italian cities.
Willingness to engage in dialogue on the part of the government
The government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is signaling a willingness to engage in dialogue. She wants to grant Italian farmers an exemption from income tax in order to meet some of the demands of the farmers who have been demonstrating for days. This measure will be incorporated into an omnibus decree currently being examined by the Chamber of Deputies, announced Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti.
- On the subject: Farmer protests: “This can happen here too” [OÖNplus]
Meloni met a delegation of farmers’ associations in Rome on Friday afternoon and promised measures to ensure farmers receive fair prices for their products. “We want to address the very important issue of production costs. We want to prevent products from being sold below production costs and give farmers a fair price,” Meloni said. Her government will strengthen law enforcement controls on unfair trade practices and improve monitoring of agricultural product prices.
Farmers in several European countries have been taking to the streets for weeks. They are also protesting against what they see as unfair competition with products from abroad. Recently, for example, there were protests in Germany, France, Greece, Poland and Hungary and, for the first time, in the non-EU country Switzerland.
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