Polish farmers blocked the border crossing with Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the German newspaper “Tags Shaw”, from As the European Union’s environmental regulations are too harsh for Polish farmers, they have blocked a highway border crossing with Germany as part of their protests. The operation of the A12 highway is expected to continue until Monday.

Polish farmers have thus begun to block an important border crossing to Germany. With this action in the Slubice region, they said that they want to protest against EU environmental regulations.

This protest action took place on the border near Frankfurt near the Oder highways – A12 on the German side and A2 on the Polish side. – paralyzed The highway connects Berlin to Warsaw and is usually used by many trucks.

The blockade began as planned at 1pm today (Sunday), a Polish police spokesman said. Both A2 routes are blocked.

Farmers initially wanted to block this border crossing for 25 days. After talking to local people and businesses, they refused to do so.

Darius Vrobel, one of the organizers of the protest, said the blockade “will probably be lifted again on Monday”.

Polish farmers find the current EU environmental laws unacceptable. Meanwhile, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy provides better environmental protection, for example to preserve biodiversity and stop species extinction. Therefore, farmers of a certain size must meet environmental standards to receive subsidies from Brussels. For example, they must follow crop rotation, observe buffer strips along water bodies, and grow fish crops to protect the soil.

With this blockade, they also want to import Raise awareness of agricultural products from third countries that do not meet EU requirements – in particular, this applies to cheaper grain from Ukraine.

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks against organic laws. The environment of the European Union and to protect against the competition of third countries have protested. EU agriculture ministers will discuss these demands on Monday in Brussels.

In the continuation and escalation of protests against EU policies, angry Polish farmers also stopped the transportation of goods on the border with Ukraine last Tuesday.

This action is against tax-free imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the European Union, as well as against the “Green Deal” of the European Union and the resulting environmental changes.

Polish farmers also complain. They have that the European Union Green Agreement imposes new conditions on them, while grain and other agricultural products of Ukraine are allowed to enter the market, which can be produced cheaper without these conditions.

Ministry of Affairs The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine asked Warsaw to stop these blockades and take action against “anti-Ukrainian” rhetoric. “Ole Nikolenko”, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, recently wrote on Facebook: There is no justification for blocking the Polish-Ukraine border with any slogan.

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