Financial situation - Kaniber fears consequences of Berlin's budget bottlenecks
Bavaria's Agriculture Minister Michaela Kaniber (CSU) fears that the budget bottlenecks in the federal government will also have a financial impact on the state. On the one hand, there will be a lack of money from Berlin for rural development, said Kaniber on Thursday at the Bavarian Farmers' Association's state assembly in Herrsching am Ammersee. On the other hand, money for climate-friendly forest conversion was also at risk of being cut. The CSU politician criticized that "secure funding" was now questionable.
In her speech, Kaniber called for a reorganization of European agricultural policy: simpler, clearer and less bureaucratic. She also wants to discuss with a new Bavarian "Practitioners' Council" the areas in which farmers need relief.
Kaniber defended the fact that the Ministry of Agriculture is now responsible for veterinary inspections on farms following the reorganization of departments after the state elections. "Of course there must be expert inspections, no question about it," she said. However, the aim is to avoid duplicate inspections as far as possible. Animal welfare would be strengthened rather than weakened as a result, she argued. It was about animal welfare, but also about protecting the farming community. To discredit someone in advance because of this is "bottomless impudence", she said.
Farmers' President Günther Felßner demanded, among other things, that the same high environmental, animal welfare and social standards should apply to trade agreements and imports from third countries into the European Union. "We are friends of free trade - but we want fair conditions." Regional farmer Christine Singer pleaded for more regionality. "If regional products are strengthened, this will create prospects for agriculture here in Bavaria. And consumers also benefit: shorter distances, traceability and high quality standards," she said.
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- Michaela Kaniber, the Agriculture Minister from Bavaria's CSU party, expressed concerns about the financial impact of Berlin's budget bottlenecks on rural development and climate-friendly forest conversion in Bavaria.
- The discussion on reorganizing European agricultural policy with simpler, clearer, and less bureaucratic rules is a topic of interest for Kaniber, who also wants to discuss relief areas for farmers with a new Bavarian "Practitioners' Council".
- The Ammersee in Bavaria was the location where Kaniber delivered a speech, where she defended the reallocation of veterinary inspections from the Agriculture Ministry to avoid duplicate inspections, arguing it would strengthen animal welfare and protect the farming community.
- Regional farmer Christine Singer emphasized the importance of strengthening regional products in Bavaria, believing it would create opportunities for agriculture and benefit consumers with shorter distances, traceability, and high-quality standards.
Source: www.stern.de
