Only around 20 individuals participated in Sunday’s protest at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, organised by far-right senator Diana Șoșoacă, after farmers and transporters rejected participation, saying they refused to be represented by any party or policymaker.
Despite their denied request for a protest in the capital’s centre, farmers and transporters declined to participate in a demonstration associated with Senator Diana Sosoacă, the leader of the far-right pro-Russian party SOS.
“We don’t associate with any political party or group, and we don’t accept any politician standing as our representative,” said farmers and transporters protesting in the town of Afumati, near the capital.
Despite ongoing negotiations and some proposed solutions by the authorities addressing many of the protesters’ demands, farmers and transporters are now entering the third week of protests. They insist on remaining in the streets until the Government and Parliament ”recognise the necessity for legislative changes and resolving the challenges we encounter”.
The Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation, a federation comprising various farmers’ associations, issued an open letter to President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, and Minister of Agriculture Florin Barbu. The letter urged their support for specific measures concerning the transportation of grain from Ukraine to the European Union at the upcoming EU Council meeting on agriculture and fisheries.
On Sunday, Minister of Investments and European Projects Adrian Câciu stated that Romania cannot address the current situation independently. He emphasised ”the need for dialogue with the European Commission to establish a compensatory formula for the challenges farmers face”.
Bucharest mayor, Nicușor Dan, announced plans to discuss the protest with its organiser on Monday to determine whether the action would continue on Monday and Tuesday.
(Cătălina Mihai | Euractiv.ro)
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