Updated at 6.30pm with Peter Agius reaction
Claims that local farmers are receiving fewer direct subsidies than their Italian counterparts are “fake news” and “populist politics”, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry said that Maltese farmers receive more money than Italian ones, through a number of aid schemes not taken into account by the Opposition.It was reacting to a statement by PN MEP candidate Peter Agius, who claimed that an analysis of EU agricultural funding showed that local farmers get just a fraction of the direct aid that Italians farmers get.Agius said Maltese vegetable and legume farmers are […]
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