保加利亚对烟农的补贴抗议威胁提出警告

　　保加利亚对烟农的补贴抗议威胁提出警告

　　6月10日，保加利亚政府警告说，如果烟农开始进行大规模的抗议活动，政府可能重新考虑是否给烟农提供1.16亿保加利亚列弗的国家补贴。

　　6月9日，一些烟农说，1.16亿列弗不足以补贴他们的生产，并威胁说，如果他们得不到至少1.7亿列弗的话，就举行大规模的抗议，甚至举行绝食罢工。

　　发出警告的是国会农业委员会主席Desislava Taneva，他将烟农们提出的获得1.7亿列弗的要求描述为荒谬可笑，而且极有可能是有政治目的的。

　　与此同时，保加利亚农业部长Miroslav Naydenov要求反对党以更大的责任感行事，帮助防止抗议活动。

　　反对党权利与自由运动党否认自己是烟农不满背后的推手。

　　它说，1.16亿列弗的金额是最大的补贴金额了，但它补充说，更新后的预算没有明确将这个金额列为提供给烟农的资金。

　　Subsidy row reignites in Bulgaria

　　Tobacco Reporter

　　Jun 11, 2010

　　Bulgaria's government yesterday warned that if tobacco growers begin mass protests it might reconsider the question of whether or not it should grant them BGN116 million in state subsidies.

　　On Wednesday, a group of tobacco growers had said that the BGN116 million would not be enough to subsidize their production and threatened mass protests and even hunger strikes if they did not get at least BGN170 million.

　　The warning came from the chairperson of the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee, Desislava Taneva, who described the tobacco growers' demands for BGN170 million as absurd and, most likely, politically motivated.

　　The Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, meanwhile, asked the opposition to act with more responsibility by helping to prevent protests.

　　The opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms party denied being behind the farmers' discontent.

　　It said the amount of BGN116 million was the maximum, but it added that the updated budget had not listed it specifically as funding to be given to tobacco growers.