"This is national assistance to help our farmers remain competitive and it has to decrease annually, given how our farmers feel and what market prices are," she told.

This year's planned transitional support is down by 15.6% from last year's 33.9 mln euros.

According to the vice-minister, almost 15 mln euros from this year's package will go to milk producers and 8.8 mln euros to bull growers.

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