“We have prepared a proposal to increase tariffs on Russian and Belarusian imports of cereals, oilseeds and derived products”, declared the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the end of the first working session of the European Council on Thursday 21 March.
According to the President, the aim of the proposal is to prevent Russian cereals from destabilising the European market and to prevent Russia from using the revenue generated by the export of these...