Polish farmers’ protest against Europe’s agreement with Latin America
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Sputnik, Polish farmers protested against the European Union’s agreement with Latin American countries.
Polish farmers blocked the road leading to a border crossing with Ukraine today in a protest action and caused traffic disruption in this area.
Polish farmers are protesting the government’s failure to maintain the 2024 agricultural tax at the 2023 level. They are also worried about the consequences of the EU’s free trade agreement with Latin American countries known as Mercosur.
The organizers of this demonstration say that the Polish government has not yet dealt with the issue of mass imports of Ukrainian goods to this country, and now the issue of the arrival of shipments from South America has also been raised. .
The European Union’s trade agreement with the South American Common Market, that is, the “economic and political agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay” is called Mercosur.