Rightfully Furious Farmers Confront Peter Magyar + Video

Farmers are angry—and they have every reason to be—after the Mercosur agreement was signed over the weekend without the approval of the European Parliament, Fidesz MEP Csaba Domotor told journalists on Tuesday in Strasbourg.

Farmers are rightfully outraged (Photo: AFP)

Fidesz MEP Kinga Gal, vice chair of the Patriots for Europe group, said the European Commission and Ursula von der Leyen bear responsibility for the situation. That is why the Patriots submitted a motion of no confidence against von der Leyen on Monday. Gal stressed that they stand with farmers both out in the streets and in the plenary chamber.

Unlike the Tisza Party and Peter Magyar, who say one thing out here and another in there, we have always been clear: Mercosur will ruin farmers,

Gal said. She argued that through green policies, excessive bureaucratic burdens on farmers, and the EU–Ukraine trade agreement, the Commission is undermining Central and Eastern European—and Hungarian—agriculture, harming those who put food on the table every day. Fidesz–KDNP representatives, she emphasized, are fighting for farmers not only in the streets but also in the plenary chamber.

The Mercosur agreement will destroy European farmers
(Photo: AFP)

Magyar’s European Political Group Is Against Farmers

As previously reported by our paper, European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber openly celebrated the Mercosur agreement as an “anti-Trump agreement.” He also confirmed that the EPP—of which Peter Magyar’s party is a member—supports the deal. Weber’s remarks make clear that Brussels is fully aware the agreement will generate serious social tensions, yet intends to push it through regardless.

Farmers themselves have also sharply rebuked Peter Magyar. As Magyar Nemzet reported earlier, political analyst Daniel Deak shared a video on social media showing scenes from the farmers’ protest in Strasbourg. According to the footage, Hungarian farmers confronted Magyar directly.

When did you ever stand up for farmers?

one protester asks Magyar in the video.

We’ve never seen it,

he adds. Another protester then asks where Magyar has been in Brussels, before telling him:

These farmers are protesting against von der Leyen —and you’re standing with her. Thank you very much for that kind of help.

Cover photo: Farmers are rightfully outraged (Photo: AFP)