Cattle farmers to push their case with EU Commissioner

Cattle farmers will this evening begin to assemble in Kofinou ahead of tomorrow’s peaceful rally to Limassol where they hope to meet EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.

The farmers, who are unhappy with the amount of compensation allotted to them by the government, said they would not hesitate to take on police if they tried to put a stop to their progress.

A number of farmers intend to spend the night at Kofinou and will set off for Limassol at 8am tomorrow for the opening session of the European conference ’Europe’s Rural Areas in Action: Facing the Challenges of Tomorrow’.