A European parliamentarian moves to curb Tunisian olive oil exports
MEP Michele Piccaro led a parliamentary movement in the European Parliament to demand that the European Commission support oil producers in Italy.
Elyssa newsroom
The move aims to restrict exports of Tunisian olive oil to the European market with a claim that Tunisian exports cause oversupply and their impact on domestic production prices in southern European countries.
The European Commission's parliamentary action demanded that farmers in the south of the continent be protected in a lawsuit that caused Tunisian flows to drop prices. Experts attribute this decline to the warming of rain and drought waves that have damaged olive groves in various ways.