PM Nicolae Ciuca on Friday called on agriculture minister Petre Daea to take urgent measures to support Romanian farmers. Daea met with representatives of the farmers who protested Friday in Bucharest and promised that those affected by the imports of cheap grain from Ukraine will receive compensations as soon as possible. He also said that the money from Brussels is only a first trench. He reminded of the letter sent to the European Commission, signed by Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Bulgaria, in which additional compensations are requested for farmers affected by the war in Ukraine. We remind you that farmers from 18 Romanian counties took to the streets on Friday, unhappy with the level of compensations proposed by the European Commission for the damage incurred by the tax-free import of cheap cereals from Ukraine.
