Hansen to farmers: 'Difficult summer amid heat and drought, EU stands by you'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 25 - "This summer is particularly difficult for farmers in the European Union, and especially in Italy, with more extreme and frequent heat and drought and increasingly frequent wildfires in several regions. I know how much these events are putting farmers to the test, and in these difficult times, the European Commission stands by them." This was the message from EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen, in a statement paying "tribute to farmers who continue to work i...

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