Post-Covid and al European Parliament the 5 stars return to press at least questionable proposals. The last in chronological order is the one exhibited in the environment commission by Eleanor Eve, animal rights activist, who asked to reopen the debate on the "animal welfare tax". According to the pentastellata deputy, it would be necessary to raise the price of meat in order to include the very serious impact on the suffering of millions of animals and the devastating impact on the environment, moreover the population would be directed towards a more vegetable rather than animal diet.
This was communicated by the MEP Marco Dreosto, also a member of the environment commission who highlights "it seems difficult to find reasonableness in statements so distant from the reality of European farms and that they do not take the difficult historical moment into account that families and businesses are going through ", comments the Northern League parliamentarian, who adds" our group immediately opposed this extravagant boutade, I would like to remind you, among other things, that farms in EU countries pursue respect for animal welfare, among other things imposed by the strict reference legislation ".
Only in Italy does the livestock sector linked to the production of meat involve a turnover of more than that 30 billion euros a year, imposing a new tax would mean bringing to their knees precisely those small farmers who are dedicated to the production of quality meat, in addition to numerous related companies, already burdened by the current economic crisis.