The European Commission will return to the figures allocated to Romanian farmers after President Klaus Iohannis presented the difficult situation they are in, official sources told News.ro on Thursday evening.

Sources said that the promise was made by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the European Council meeting.

Official sources told News.ro on Thursday evening that on the sidelines of the European Council, President Klaus Iohannis presented to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Wien der Leyen, the difficult situation in which Romanian farmers found themselves, who must be supported as a result of the losses incurred.

“President Klaus Iohannis appealed to the Commission to re-analyze the situation. During the meeting of the European Council, President von der Leyen announced that the European Commission will re-analyze and return to the figures for Romania,” quoted sources said.

When asked by President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday in Brussels what explanation he received for the fact that the EU decided to allocate only 10 million euros in compensation to producers who suffered from the shock of grain imports from Ukraine, the European Commission had to take into account the fact that that Romania made huge sacrifices to facilitate the export of grain from Ukraine to world markets.

“It is a shame that such ultra-bureaucratic approaches call into question the integrity of the Commission,” the head of state added.

Romania will receive only €10.05 million in compensation for producers affected by the shock of grain imports from Ukraine, much less than other countries in the region, which Romanian officials say have been less affected by the situation.

The Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, was criticized for this failure.

The European Commission announced on Monday that it wants to use the crisis reserve to support farmers in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, a reserve worth a total of 56.3 million euros financed by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reserve, to compensate for economic losses due to increased grain imports and oil crops from Ukraine and limiting the impact of market imbalances.

Therefore, the EC offered to allocate 29.5 million euros to Poland, 16.75 million euros to Bulgaria, and 10.05 million euros to Romania. At the same time, the European Commission will authorize the three states to double the allocated amounts through state aid.

The Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, explained that he had done everything necessary for the country and for the farmers. He added that the amount from the EC will be doubled by the amount that will be allocated from the state budget, “so that we support farmers who have grain in warehouses, not grain traders,” according to News.ro. (photo: Dreamstime)