At least the farmers have a few allies in the corridors of power. Well, sort of. A new report from former Italian PM Enrico Letta has said that the cost of the EU’s green transition should be shared across multiple sectors and not just among agricultural workers. Letta goes on to warn that other groups may suffer too. “Today it might be farmers,” he writes. “Tomorrow automotive workers who feel they are disproportionately bearing the costs of transformation without sufficient support.”
The report comes after a series of protests across EU countries which, in some cases, led to street fires and clashes with riot police. But over the last couple of months, European officials agreed to walk back a few select climate policies in an effort to calm down the unruly farmers. We’re sure that has nothing to do with the upcoming EU elections…
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