The Regional Council failed to reach an agreement on the dermatitis emergency. The bipartisan measure to provide additional resources to farms to cover the costs of culling and animal movement has been postponed until September. However, the twelve million allocated in the budget adjustment currently under discussion remains.
No bill, therefore, because the opposition abandoned the work of the Agriculture Committee, with the majority ultimately approving the text prepared by the Council.
Later in the Chamber, when work on the €800 million variation resumed, Paolo Truzzu (FdI) explained the minority's political reasons for the choice: "We had offered to allow the Fifth Committee to draft a unified text on bovine dermatitis, drawing on the council's proposal and the bill presented by the minority. But we have established that the committee approved the council's text, and a unified bill was absolutely not produced. Now, since I imagine the majority intends to bring this bill to the floor, I'll say this right away to avoid any misunderstanding: we will ask you for ten days for the minority report."
And, the group leader emphasizes, "we're asking for them, not because we don't want to support the livestock sector and provide a solution to farmers, but precisely to protect them: because if the government bill you approved in committee passes, farmers will only suffer harm and not benefit. I want to be very clear: this is not a request against farmers, but in their favor ."
The bill approved by the committee authorizes the Laore Agency to spend €12.8 million to support the initial emergency interventions. A portion of €2.5 million is earmarked for timely, one-time assistance to enable the recovery of farms affected by the disease outbreak , in accordance with the regulations governing "de minimis" aid in the agricultural sector. Truzzu specifically challenges the de minimis measure, "because companies that have received €250,000 in support over the past three years are excluded."