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PSRM general secretary, Rafael González Tovar, showed today in Cieza Socialist support to farmers "in their defense of agricultural insurance as a tool that has proved useful and should remain so for the future to ensure the safety of agricultural producers.
In a meeting with representatives of agricultural organizations that are negotiating unsuccessfully with the Ministry more favorable conditions in agricultural insurance fruit, González Tovar sent them the support of the regional PSOE, and were informed that the Regional Committee Friday adopted a resolution in which the PSRM was "in favor of endorsing the demands of the farmers producing fruits, as successive changes made by the central government in agricultural insurance coverages have been a significant deterioration in these insurance conditions, and are still very harmful to the interests of farmers. "
Socialist leader criticized the position of regional and national PP "which is probably trying to privatize insurance, because if not, it is understood that subsidies have virtually disappeared in the region, and that the Government of Spain all that budgeted is only money that comes from Europe. "
"If farmers do not get things to change, insurance could become so expensive that the land will have to fall insured, which would lead to a situation many years ago when they had no security," he added.
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Tovar announced that next week spokesman agricultural issues in Congress will receive this Commission negotiating farmers, and reiterated the commitment of the PSRM, in the Regional Assembly and the Congress and the Senate.
"We will propose amendments to the State Budget that there must guarantee fund, worth the same amount as in 2011, to enable farmers to carry out their work safely and still produce good products exporting".
Meanwhile, Murcia Socialist Senator Ramon Ortiz, recalled the important social, economic and generates wealth that agriculture in our region, "now that the unemployment figures are so terrible."
And criticized the regional government, "but does not preaches wheat", to withdraw their contribution helps agricultural insurance.
"Farmers do not beg, pay your insurance, it is unacceptable for regional and national governments leave them lying that way, especially when they represent a growing sector, while giving money to banks or utilities," he said.
Socialist regional deputy Manuel Soler considered equally unacceptable that "after seven months of negotiations between the Ministry and farmers, now they are broken, and it is even worse that the Government of Spain did not accept even one of the proposals of agricultural producers" .
He also stressed that agricultural insurance "have always been an effective tool to guarantee a minimum income to farmers when there has been a climatic catastrophe."
The deputy, who showed that the Community, in addition to totally eliminated aid to agricultural insurance, should almost 9 million euros to ENESA and AGROSEGURO, lamented that each year insurance more expensive and less coverage in the event of sinister.
PSRM general secretary of Cieza, Antonio Martinez Real, also present at the meeting, said that "the agricultural sector is vital for all ciezanos" and that "it is time to be united to support all together seamlessly."
Source: PSRM-PSOE
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