Meeting between Schinas and the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean: Fertilizers, regional developments, energy, and food security on the agenda

The rising outgo of fertilizers, which is putting unit connected the superior sector, on with determination developments, were the main topics discussed during the gathering betwixt the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Margaritis Schinas, and the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica.

Mr. Schinas highlighted the request for European involution connected fertilizers, noting that they “create problems for some European and Greek agriculture.”

In his statements, helium emphasized that cardinal priorities see reforming the outgo system, shaping the caller Common Agricultural Policy, and tackling carnal diseases, pointing retired that these “are emerging arsenic a large contented some successful our state and crossed Europe.”

The 2 sides besides discussed developments successful the vigor assemblage and their interaction connected cultivation production, portion issues of nutrient information and proviso were besides addressed successful airy of planetary instability.

As Ms. Šuica stated, “energy is simply a cardinal issue,” arsenic good arsenic “food information and nutrient supply,” and she described the contented of fertilizers arsenic critical, since “prices person skyrocketed.”

She added that “we are trying to find solutions astatine the European level,” though, arsenic she noted, “this is not easy.”

According to a connection from the ministry, the gathering besides examined broader geopolitical developments successful the Mediterranean and the Middle East, including the relation of Gulf countries successful shaping conditions of stableness and maturation successful the region, arsenic good arsenic the challenges arising from developments successful cardinal hotspots.

According to the European Commissioner, “we cannot ideate the prosperity and information of the portion without the Gulf countries,” highlighting their relation successful stableness and concern successful the Middle East.