11
Mar
2024
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Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, we have been fighting here for several months to put an end to the unfair practices of companies that do not care about the environment at all, produce products abroad under terrible conditions and then calmly label them as environmentally friendly. We did that, and I'm proud of it. For several months, we have been fighting for farmers who want to be rewarded for storing carbon in the soil and reducing emissions, just like their colleagues in the industry. And we did that, too. However, to learn in the conclusion itself that our ecological demagogues want to limit farmers in how they can monetize these credits and deprive them again of the billions and billions of crowns they deserve. So that multinational food corporations have cheaper emission allowances on their behalf? Are you serious? Do you really want to vote that out? This is a mockery of European farmers, who are in an increasingly worse situation.