Θα πλήξουν οι δασμοί της ΕΕ στα λιπάσματα τα ταμεία της Ρωσίας;
Για να μειώσει την οικονομική της εξάρτηση από τη Ρωσία, η ΕΕ επέβαλε υψηλότερους δασμούς στα λιπάσματα και τα γεωργικά προϊόντα. Στόχος είναι να μειωθούν τα ρωσικά έσοδα, όμως αυτό θα μπορούσε να επηρεάσει τις τιμές των τροφίμων στην ΕΕ, γεγονός που ανησυχεί τους αγρότες.
04:59Our guest is MEP Enese Vaedere from Centre-Right EPP Group and Rapporteur on this regulation.
05:06Will the EU fertilizers producers have enough time to ramp up their production in order to meet demand and to avoid price spike of these products?
05:19You know, our fertilizers producers in the European Union already now have lost a lot of their plants.
05:27They stopped their activities due to these cheap imports from Russia.
05:32And now, as we calculated, there's at least 3 million tons spare capacity over the 8 million tons, which has been exported to other countries.
05:44If something happens, we can also turn to another mitigation sources, for example, to lift some export and import duties from other countries.
05:57Farmers here are rising food prices in terms of their own production.
06:03So, can this be avoided or offset somehow?
06:08Commission is obliged to monitor every month prices because prices, this is also our interest.
06:15You, me, you are paying for agricultural products and if the price rises, we will be paying more.
06:21So, the Commission is obliged to monitor every month and to do something if this price increase will be dramatic.
06:31This could be subsidies or other types of support?
06:33Could be subsidies.
06:34From the beginning of the war already, if I am not mistaken, some 500 billion euros have been spent already to help the farmers.
06:47Commission knows what to do.
06:48The U.S. recently decided to cut all Russian fuel imports by 2028.
06:56Should the U.S. think about other ways in order to choke Russia's economy?
07:02You know, in my eyes, we have to do much more.
07:07And I am enthusiastic and I provided also the plan for the European Commission how to confiscate the sources of Russian assets,
07:16which are mostly in Belgium's bank.
07:19Now we can use for Ukraine only profit from these assets, but confiscation of these assets could help Ukraine more.
07:27Wonderful. Thank you very much, Madam.
07:29Gas is an essential ingredient for fertilizer production, so the EU is indirectly targeting this Russian asset as well.
07:38However, Russia is the world's largest producer of fertilizers, with its main markets being Brazil, India, the U.S., China and Indonesia.
07:47Even so, for the EU, these are not only economic imperatives, but also ethical ones, given the war in Ukraine.
07:55If you can use for the EU, please you will take care of this foreign policy.
