The secretary general of the PSOE in Lorca, Diego Ferrer, said his party would not drop the rings will recognize that the central government "should make even greater efforts for Agriculture" but criticized the fact that the PP, "you fill mouth defending farmers' and then do not hesitate to "shoot down" to cuts in the budget sector regional
The secretary general of the PSOE in Lorca, Diego Ferra, announced today that his party would support, "as it has always done," farmers in the agricultural national strike called for tomorrow and for all agricultural organizations, which have been able welcomed of "cited in the same direction and goals."
Ferra said that the Government of Spain is "sensitized" to the difficulties of rural and agricultural world and he was "committed" to its development and modernization.
Said he understood that no clutch situations "very complicated" and the low prices for producers or increased costs "must do more."
Ferra also put emphasis on criteria that while on the cutbacks in the current economic situation, the Zapatero government's budget for Agriculture, Livestock and decrease only 1.5% in 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Government regional suffers a cut of 54 million euros (more than 12%) for next year.
The Socialist leader said that we should not forget that the powers vested in exclusive agriculture the autonomous region, and that while the Ministry of Espinosa "has the largest budget among the ministries of economic" and "makes" an effort to reach more sustainable economic model ", the Minister Cerdá aware that investment in your department fall by 50%.
In addition, decreases by 70% in training and everything related to R & D & I technology transfer, practically disappeared credit for agricultural county offices, decreases, another 50 percent, support for the modernization of agricultural structures and there will be 1,000 million pesetas least for fruit and vegetables.
Ferra, said his party would not drop the rings will recognize that the central government "should make even greater efforts for Agriculture" but criticized the fact that the PP, "will fill the mouth defending farmers' and then do not hesitate to "riddled" cuts in regional budgets, when is "the only sector in the region is facing down to the crisis and slowing job losses."
In that sense he regretted that the council of the PP in Lorca "not lose this opportunity to add fuel to the central executive as he put the blindfold to the disastrous agricultural policies of the Government of Valcárcel.
Moreover, the Socialist leader Lorca said the Spanish presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2010, will help the Government of Zapatero "defend the maintenance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2020" and said that Europe "is the framework where decisions are fundamentally affecting the sector" and recalled that the European Parliament is mostly conservative, so it said "some responsibility have the PP in this area."
Source: PSOE Lorca