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According to him, the roof would help preserve the Lithuanian village and reduce exclusion.
“It is good that the president has begun to take an interest in the people, because the Lithuanian people have one of the greatest social exclusions in the European Union,” Vidas Juodsnukis told BNS.
“The ceiling required, of course, and not as large as 150 thousand. For an economic entity, here the state must establish strictly to preserve the village, to support the majority of farmers, then the village will survive,” he added.
V. Juodsnukis suggests that the amount of direct support could reach 50,000. EUR, from 50 to 100 thousand. 25% could be paid. direct payments, and 100 thousand. complete support completely.
“If a large agricultural company, such as Agrokoncernas, promises to live on direct payments, then they are not yet necessary in Lithuania. They produce cereals, low value-added products and export them, and due to their large areas and volumes, they are not profitable for the been, “he said.
Presidency representatives began talking about the introduction of the benefit limit shortly after EU leaders approved the EU budget for 2021-2027 last week.
Direct payments to Lithuanian farmers are expected to increase from the current € 177 per hectare to € 200 in 2022, and in 2027 the minimum payment will reach € 215 per hectare. Payments to Baltic farmers increased in the last round of negotiations.
The conclusions of the European Council, later published, establish that “100,000 Restriction of direct payments of 1 billion euros to large beneficiaries on a voluntary basis”.
On Tuesday, G. Nausėda did not name specific numbers for the “ceiling”. His adviser Jaroslav Neverovich said last week that the maximum amount of direct payments could be about 60,000. euros
Big farmers call it unjustified discrimination
President Gitan Nausėda’s proposal to set ceilings for direct payments to farmers, some large companies disagree, arguing that honest farmworkers should be treated equally, regardless of the number of hectares worked.
Stanislovas Algirdas Keparutis, director of the Pasvagra district business, Pasvagra, which manages some 2,600 hectares, says the initiative is wrong. According to him, if the agricultural sector is to be administered, it is first necessary to look at the farmers who receive payments in vain.
“What is the difference, big or small? If you work the land, why should it have different benefits? I would understand this: he who works, receives. If it does not work, it does not work. It would be good not to have” sofa farmers “, there are some, it turns out that (…) If a person is talented, talented, hard-working, has created a bigger farm, why should he take it away? Is communism leveling here?” – BNS says SA Keparutis.
By personally growing in a smaller area, he says, there are already relatively better conditions for small farmers. According to him, the latest initiative may also be related to the upcoming Seimas elections.
Why can we be selected? (…) Everyone is paid, we pay taxes to everyone, and why do we have to be something exceptional?
“It is a little different: a small farmer with, say, 50 hectares receives the first 30 hectares of the highest payments. And a large farmer with 1,000 hectares receives only 30 hectares. This is already the difference,” said SA Keparutis .
Petras Ivanauskas, president of the Agricultural Company of the Plains of the Pakruojis District, which manages some 5,900 hectares, also affirms that the redistribution would be unfair.
“We all work the land, people work, the salary has to be paid, why give it to some, take it away from others? (…) If it is established, everyone must pay,” P. Ivanauskas told BNS.
The head of BNS, one of the large agricultural companies in the Kėdainiai district, who declined to appear, also stated that the company pays taxes and wages in good faith, so there should be no discrimination. According to him, this is the opinion of many larger companies.
“Why can we be selected? (…) Everyone receives a salary, we pay taxes to everyone, and why do we have to be something exceptional? Said the head of the company.
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