The Junts parliamentary group demands that the Government prepare and approve a law to “de-bureaucratise” the field, as the sector has been asking for for some time. It was announced yesterday by its spokesman in this field, the deputy Salvador Vergés, and will do so today as part of the monographic plenary session on the agricultural sector held in Parliament, in which farmers will take part.
“There must be trust in the sector, less supervision and punishment and more support”, summarize Junts sources, who believe that the system should change so that administrative silence is considered a positive response instead of a negative one so that the activity stops. “We want the legislation to be a guarantee for the sector, not for the administration”, point out these sources, who point out that Junts’ initiative already went ahead last year at the debureaucratization table, with agricultural representatives, the ‘ Executive and the groups; although they regret that it has not had the “support and follow-up” they expected from the Government.
The formation highlights that the commitment of a single window emerged from that forum – which councilor David Mascort promised the farmers would operate this month – and that, in his opinion, it is too late.
From ERC they also state that they are open to “facilitate the procedures” and listen to the sector’s protests, just like the PSC. The Republicans also propose measures to establish “fair prices” by modifying the state law of the Food Chain and creating a public food distributor. The idea is to have a Catalan public company “that buys at fair prices and from local producers”. Likewise, ERC calls for an agricultural economic fund that acts as a basic agricultural income.
The vagaries of the calendar have meant that a monographic plenum that Junts recorded in October coincided with the height of the peasant protests in Catalonia and throughout Europe.
Together, he asks that prices below cost not be paid, that the requirements of the Regional Executive in environmental and health matters are not greater than those already imposed by Europe, that it be made easier to eliminate wildlife pests, that aid be enabled for those affected by the drought, that there be a minimum agricultural income so that farmers do not stop collecting in the event of misfortune, and they also want to enable aid for young people who want to dedicate themselves to the sector. A Junts hopes that the plenary session will be “a turning point” that will help to “prestige and dignify” the sector.
