EU wants to regulate agriculture: go hungry for climate protection? No thanks!

Written by Luca Tannek for Apollo News.

Everyone has needs. In order to illustrate needs hierarchically, one likes to use what is probably the best-known graphic by the psychologist Abraham Maslow. Namely: Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It illustrates a total of six human needs that build on one another. The lowest and probably most important level of needs consists of eating, drinking and sleeping - also called "physiological needs". Next come security needs (housing, job security), social needs (friendship, love), individual needs (recognition, status) and the non-plus-ultra - self-realization. Recently there has been a painful whiplash on the lowest and most important hierarchy of needs. And not only that: Even an already regulated branch of the economy, namely agriculture, significant damage is imminent. Because the EU Commission has decided that from 2023 farmers across the EU will no longer be allowed to cultivate part of their arable land. Of course in the guise of good, climate protection. The real consequences of this highly questionable measure are devastating.

No respect for farmers
"Farm the four! Farm the four!” Farmer Willi appeals in a video message. It is aimed at all farmers in the EU, who should under no circumstances comply with the new EU regulation. Because according to the new law, farmers have to give up an incredible four percent of their land for arable farming. That would be an area of ​​4.22 million hectares, roughly the size of Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Luxembourg combined. In return, the farmers are to be paid a so-called basic income support, which, according to experts, is not profitable and only comes into force if four other points of the agricultural regulations are observed. An ideology-driven economic policy a la the EU, which has no appreciation whatsoever for food producers, as is anti-market.

Anyone who is even a little informed about the current supply situation knows that bottlenecks and hunger crises are already looming in a number of countries.

And not only economically, but also in terms of supply technology, the EU bureaucracy has once again shown what unrealistic and, above all, negligent action it is capable of. After all, anyone who is even a little bit informed about the current supply situation knows that in a number of countries bottlenecks and – explicitly in poorer countries – hunger crises are imminent. The reasons for this are the Ukraine war, which ensures that little or no wheat and grain can be imported into all kinds of countries from the "granaries" of Europe (Russia and Ukraine). This shortage logically leads to higher prices. The price increase, especially for wheat, is easy to see. Since the beginning of the war, the price has risen to a record high (over 400 euros per ton) and even beat the highs of 2007 and 2010. It is unclear when this shortage will end. It could last for several months. The 4% rule would result in a loss of about 25.70 million tons of wheat. For comparison: the annual import requirement of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ethiopia is 28.50 million tons.

But all these massive cuts for farmers and third world countries should not bother the Dutch and social democratic EU commissioner for climate protection Frans Timmermanns. Fat bellies for poor people are not his political motto. After all, the bigwig Soze wants to save the climate and doesn't have to worry about reaching the vital floor of Maslow's pyramid with his diet. So what are the consequences of the European Green Deal? No thanks!

Source: Apollo News