Unionists in the Ministry of Agriculture criticize the MERCOSUR agreement and warn of the risks

„The Union of Employees within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – SIND-MADR expresses its total and categorical opposition to the signing of the MERCOSUR agreement, an agreement deeply harmful to the national interest, which represents a direct threat to the food safety and security of the Romanian population, as well as a frontal attack on national agriculture and the Romanian food industry”, according to a press release. The unionists state that their position is also supported by the warnings formulated since 2022 by the representative organizations of farmers, including the Agro-Star Federation, which drew attention to the fact that „the MERCOSUR agreement will open wide the gates of the Romanian market for agri-food products from third countries, produced in (…)