In a letter addressed to the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, on Friday 20 July, 19 MEPs of mainly Italian nationality, call for the immediate triggering of private storage aid for sugar.
One of the signatories, Paolo De Castro (S&D, Italy), the Vice Chair of the Parliamentary agriculture committee explained that in this sector “countries of Southern Europe, including Italy, have been experiencing a serious market crisis with prices below 25% of the reference prices set...