Made in Italy, Lollobrigida in Cagliari: "The EU must eliminate crazy taxes."

Hundreds of farmers attended the Coldiretti demonstration in Cagliari, organized to defend Made in Italy products amid the crisis caused by rising costs and prices linked to the war in Iran.

Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida was also at the Viale Diaz Fair: "There's a lot of concern about the crisis. We're addressing it by supporting businesses, especially agricultural ones. Italy is one of the few countries that maintains incentives for agricultural diesel."

Other issues, says the government official, are European in nature: "The cost of fertilizers is rising exponentially. As an EU, we are lagging behind on the food sovereignty initiative relaunched by the government, which plans to equip itself with tools to overcome crises like the one caused by the closure of the Hormuz pipeline."

According to the minister, there's a priority among priorities: "Europe must do one thing immediately: remove the crazy taxes imposed on some products we don't have, like fertilizers. We already asked for this in January. We asked for European spending to be loosened. In extraordinary times like this, we need to intervene to help our businesses survive."