BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Extension of Russia's food embargo for another year will create additional problems for the EU farmers, even from the European Union member states, that has not been affected by the sanctions so far, Phil Hogan, the member of the European Commission in charge of agriculture and rural development, said Wednesday.
“The only sector that is taking the [hit] financially <…> has been agricultural sector and the fact that President Putin has decided to extend those measures for another year has accentuated the problem enormously," the commissioner said.
He added that last year the EU was able to cope with the Russian food embargo "reasonably well," targeting support measures to the countries worst affected by it, "but for the second year we are anticipating that this problem will spread to other members of the European Union."
“UK farmers are feeling the effects of that as well as all of the farmers in the European Union,” Phil Hogan stressed.
