Waiting for the Bazooka penalties which could hit the petrolium and the banks of Moscow, theEU finalizes a new move against Vladimir Putin. The European Parliament In fact, he gave the green light to new duties towards i agricultural products he is fertilizers Russians and Belarusians, thus completing theprocess Started from Commission last January.
It was not obvious. The new ones ratesin a context of commercial relations To say the least stormy, they will involve a sectorthat agriculturalwhich has been in agitation for months. So much so that the vote from the Plenary of the Eurocine broke out the majority of the Italian government: Forza Italia voted for the new rates, Brothers of Italy He abstained, while the Alloy He expressed himself against.
The measures they will involve a 50% increase rates on agricultural products of Russian and Belarusian origin not yet subject to customs duties additional. THE affected assets they include sugars, vinegar, Flour And feed. There proposal It also provides for a dice of 6.5% on the fertilizers imported by the two countries, to which they are added Rates between 40 and 45 euros per tonne For the two -year period 2025-2026. Such duties will increase up to 430 euros per tonne by 2028.
THE revenues from the exports of fertilizers by Russia And Belarusia are considered a direct contribution to the financing of the war Russian against theUkraine. And above all, one of the sectors where, despite the war, Fly And Minsk they could still focus onexport. In the 2024according to the reports of Berlaymont Palacethe imports in the EU of fertilizers based on urea And nitrogen From Russia they have even increased significantly.
It is no coincidence that the Kremlin has not hidden his irritation. “The European they will continue, as always, to give their hoe on the feet, “the spokesman underlined Dmitry Peskovadding: the EU “will receive nitrogen fertilizers at a higher price and of lower qualitybecause our fertilizers, including nitrogen, are of very high quality»While, as regards Fly«I markets In other directions they will compensate for these European duties ». Words that hide the undoubted economic damage that the EU move will involve for the Moscow coffers.
But the repercussions on the agricultural sector I am far from excluding. «The need to keep the pressure high on the Russia must be carried out with instruments that do not further damage the European companiesstarting from the agricultural ones already subjected to strong market disturbances And Price increases», The Melonians underlined Carlo Fidanza And Daniele Polato. FDI he had presented a amendment To allow you to trigger safeguard measuresbut the proposal was rejected. Hence theabstention to the final vote, to which the pair made the vote against of the League.
He held up, on the track of the support for Ukrainetheaxis Between PD, Fi And AVS. Opposed, between the opposition parties, i Five stars. The regulationin the end, went to clear majority: 411 votes in favor, 100 against And 78 abstention. It will now be up to the Commission find streets of alternative import and low cost. “THE duties on fertilizers worry, the prohibition of those based on urea in Padano it is unsustainable », attacked Confagricoltura.