The Government’s challenge for farming
The Government faces a great challenge: to meet the needs of the farming sector without causing excessive inconvenience to other sectors. This week, a monographic plenum will be held in Parliament, at the proposal of Junts, to debate farming. This initiative has generated controversy and caused tensions with other actors involved, such as the workers of the Catalan Water Agency (ACA)
The political debate on farming
The plenary monograph on farming comes after another recent debate on the drought, which was convened by the CUP and the commons. In this case, it is the party of Laura Borràs and Jordi Turull that has put the issue of farming at the center of the political debate. During this week, the shared responsibilities and challenges facing the farming sector will be discussed
Junts’ role in the debate
Together, he will present several proposals to address the challenges of the farming sector. The party defends that the primary sector should not be treated solely from a fiscal perspective, but that support and accompaniment must be provided. The aim is for farming to regain the prestige it should never have lost. One of the star measures that Junts will defend is a debureaucratization law for the sector
The position of the Government
After Junts’ intervention, it will be the turn of the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, and the councilor for Climate Action, David Mascort. The Government has shown its willingness to listen to the demands of the farming sector and to take the necessary measures to improve their situation. In addition, he has pledged not to stop investments despite the difficulties
Budgets and investments
During the plenary session, both President Aragonès and Councilor Mascort will ask for the approval of the budgets, since these include items intended to improve the situation of the farming sector. The budgets include an investment of 572 million euros for the agri-food sector, as well as other aid and investments for the improvement and modernization of irrigation and animal health
Conclusions
In short, the Government faces the challenge of meeting the needs of the farming sector without causing excessive inconvenience to other sectors. The political debate on farming has generated controversy and tensions between different actors. Together, it defends a perspective of support and accompaniment for the primary sector, while the Government has pledged to listen to the demands of the sector and to take the necessary measures to improve their situation. The budgets include important investments for the agri-food sector