Finally! EU Ministers Will Discuss How to Bother Farmers Less with Bureaucracy
European Union farmers might finally get some peace from pointless audits. Liepāja farmers are already preparing celebrations.
Something is happening in Brussels that Liepāja farmers have been waiting for years — EU ministers are finally talking about how to simplify agricultural controls. Yes, you heard right! The same people who decided that potatoes must be measured with millimeter precision are now thinking about simplification.
"Thank God! Maybe finally I won't have to explain why my cow isn't exactly 2.4 meters long," says Kārlis from the Liepāja area, who has been fighting with EU inspectors for three years over his garden measurements. "In Riga they don't understand what real agriculture is anyway — they think milk grows in stores."
Latvia has reportedly proposed discussions about "disproportionate controls." Disproportionate? That's like saying Liepāja's tram is "slightly old." Our farmers have been telling horror stories for years about auditors who measure whether wheat stalks fall at the correct angle during harvest.
"Wonderful! Now maybe I won't have to write a report about every egg the hen laid," laughs Inese from Grobiņa. "But you know what — if they plan this simplification the same way they reorganized Riga's traffic system, then we'd better stick with the old way."
Meanwhile, at Liepāja market, farmers are already starting to hope that maybe soon they'll be able to sell onions without filling out a 47-page document about their origin and emotional state.
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