No interest in consumers

Diário Económico writes that in changing the EU marketing requirements for a number of different fruit and vegetables, the EU Commission is considering only the interests of producers and not those of consumers: "Making the sale of fruit and vegetables dependent on size and form has led to enormous waste and price increases for these products. So what? Does this now mean the end of this EU guideline? No, not at all. The EU Commission now formats Europe according to the size and shape of votes and the interests of the large producing countries. Instead of doing away with the requirements completely, now only a few select products will no longer be subject to its dictatorship. And this despite the fact that abolishing this guideline would lower prices considerably for consumers. But why should Brussels be interested in the costs to consumers when these prices bring in so many millions for producers and middlemen?"

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