Angry Polish farmers protest again against EU policies

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency and quoted by the German newspaper “De Sight”, thousands Farmers in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, took to the streets again. They oppose the EU’s Green Deal – and cheap imports from Ukraine.

Farmers protest in Warsaw against EU agricultural policy and cheap imports from Ukraine. With horns, sirens, fireworks and incendiary materials, they marched in front of the office of “Donald Tusk”, the prime minister of this country. The participants blocked the streets of the Polish capital with their tractors and carried placards reading “I want to be a farmer, not a slave of Brussels”. Europe, which includes measures to fight the climate crisis. Many farmers criticized the very costly measures. They also called for the border with Ukraine to be closed due to cheap food imports from the country attacked by Russia.

There have been similar demonstrations in other EU countries before, but it seems that the one in Warsaw It was accompanied by more anger from the protesters. Miners, foresters, hunters and supporters of the right spectrum also joined the farmers. They blew horns, set off fireworks and smoke bombs. Some participants in the demonstration burned tires.

“Donald Tusk” tried to answer the demands of the farmers and described their frustration as justified. He recently said that environmental protection cannot and should not conflict with food production.