Far-Right Vox Party Urges EU to Impose ’Green Tariff’ on Moroccan Imports

In a letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Úrsula Von der Leyen, and the President of the EU Council, Emmanuel Macron, the spokesman for Vox’s Political Action Committee has called for the establishment of a "green tariff" on foreign products to eliminate "unfair competition" in the agri-food sector, reports Europa Press.

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"Jorge Buxadé denounces the dramatic situation of the sector and calls for a green tariff on foreign products," Vox Europa said on its Twitter account. The leader of the far-right party has demanded an "immediate response" from the EU and concrete measures to balance trade and "restore the principle of community preference," Vox said in a statement.

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In addition to the introduction of a "green tariff", the political formation is asking the EU to proportionally tax, or even suppress, imports of agricultural products that do not comply with European social and environmental standards, and to strengthen controls at the border of these products to guarantee their quality.

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The party of Santiago Abascal also demands to verify the origin labeling of products and the revision of agreements that "negatively affect" Spanish agri-food production, an allusion to the EU-Morocco agreements. According to Vox, countries like Morocco and South Africa are causing the collapse of prices and leading the agricultural sector to a programmed death. "Millions of jobs across Europe, the supply of essential products and our food sovereignty are at stake," Buxadé stressed.