Expansion of Polish farmers’ protests against EU policies
| The anger of Polish farmers has intensified due to the import of cheap products from Ukraine, and they continue to expand their protests against the policies of the European Union. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency and quoted by the “Spiegel” weekly, anger from The agricultural policy of the European Union has been intensified due to cheap imports from Ukraine, and the protests of Polish farmers against this issue are spreading. Polish farmers have been protesting against the agricultural policy of the European Union for months, and now once again the crossings They blocked the border with Ukraine. This action by Polish farmers has led to long queues of trucks on the border with Ukraine.
According to the PAP news agency, the local police announced that on the Polish side of the Medica crossing, trucks were stuck in a long roadblock on Saturday afternoon. They were stuck for 42 kilometers. In this situation, the waiting time for clearance is about 14 days.
According to the customs, during this protest period, there were 550 trucks at the Dorohask crossing. There you should expect a waiting time of more than ten days. At the Korczowa and Hrebenne crossings, the waiting time was five days each.
But Polish farmers are no longer satisfied with blocking the roads. Last week, these farmers dumped Ukrainian grain from trucks onto the ground at a border crossing. Andriy Sadovyj, the mayor of the metropolis of Lviv in western Ukraine, described this act as shameful in Telegram and condemned it. It grows in it, they water it with their own blood. Harvesting wheat in a war-torn field is like working as a minesweeper. Sadewicz called Polish farmers “pro-Russian provocateurs”.
But this tone and protests continue to intensify. Zoddeutsche Zeitung wrote: Last Thursday in Wroclaw, Polish farmers threw rotten eggs in front of the European Commission and the Council building. Burning car tires and smoke bombs have also been reported.
On Thursday this week, a joint protest of farmers from Latvia to Romania will be held, in which Czech farmers also want to participate. According to Jan Dolžal, the head of the Czech Chamber of Agriculture, “This action will be more symbolic. We do not want to block transport or restrict anyone. He emphasized that this protest is not explicitly directed at the Prague government, but against It is the policy of the European Union. The duty-free import of Ukrainian products has caused problems, especially for the farmers of the European Union.
Ukraine protests. These protests are supposed to continue until March 10.
| Publisher | Tasnim News |
