Italians are considering canceling protests, while the French are giving the government 10 days to take action

Italian farmers are considering calling off their protests after the government promised to cut agricultural income taxes by 50%, while in France farmers are vowing to return to the fight if they don’t get answers in the next 10 days.

The Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni will cut the IRPF by 50%. [imposto de renda pessoal] for agricultural income from 10 thousand to 15 thousand euros, and other measures are still being considered that could help farmers decide to cancel the protests, although there is no consensus yet.

According to local press reports, the IRPF cut is in addition to the tax exemption for income up to 10 thousand euros, in accordance with the agreement reached on Monday by the majority of the government.

Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and coalition allied parties (the League and Forza Italia) reached an agreement on Monday to unlock a €200 million package for farmers after several hours of meeting between the leaders of the three parties, who had different positions.

The agreed measures will now be embodied in a decree-law, which will still have to pass through parliament, where the coalition has a majority.

Reacting to the decision, Maurizio Senigaglesi, a spokesman for Rescate Agrícola, one of the organizations calling for the protests, said that following the publication of a technical table on the Ministry of Agriculture’s website, farmers are ready to “demobilize the concentration.” tractors.”

But not all organizations agree to demobilization, and the position of the extremist group itself is not yet known, which for now is still ready to hold a major protest planned for next Thursday at the Circus Maximus, in the center of the Italian capital.

In France, where farmer protests have also been felt intensely, the main union FNSEA came out on Tuesday to warn that farmers were prepared to resume their protest if concrete measures expected from the government were not taken within 10 days.

“The farmers have not given up. Everyone says they are ready to return if the work we have done does not meet our expectations, which are very high,” FNSEA President Arnaud Rousseau said on TF1 a few hours later. before meeting with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

Rousseau set this date, which coincides with the opening of the agricultural fair, which will begin on February 24 in Paris. This traditional annual meeting of the agricultural world is also a political event, as it is attended by several personalities.

Following the first package of measures announced in response to farmer protests in which tractors and straw bales blocked several roads and highways across the country, farmers want to “see what will change” on their farms.

Pointing to the promise of a large-scale plan for livestock farmers, the union leader stressed: “If there is no fundamental work and changes within 10 days, we are ready to return to action.”