Through renegotiation of the NRRP, “we have freed up 3 billion euro for farms, because long before there were protests and people took to the streets, this government was defending the agricultural sector from some overly ideological choices that risked pursuing the green transition and risking industrial diversification,” said Meloni.
Her comments came at the signing in L’Aquila of the Cohesion and Development Agreement between the government and the Abruzzo region.
In Italy, farmers in tractors have been protesting up and down the country against European and national agricultural and environmental policies and general hardship, holding up traffic on major roads and bringing cars to a standstill in many cities.
Protests are planned to begin in Rome imminently.
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