That's not something new, that's how it is for decades and has nothing to do with agriculture production itself. It has mostly been a way (among others) to rai

That's not something new, that's how it is for decades and has nothing to do with agriculture production itself. It has mostly been a way (among others) to raise, at least virtually, the purchasing power of smaller european countries and make this closed system work. There is an 80s greek short film in form of documentary that shows how they used to discard all that production, subsidized by the EU, because there was simply no demand for it. Sadly it's all greek and no subtitles around but pictures will tell the story: https://youtu.be/o25DPfZeFxI https://youtu.be/o25DPfZeFxI