1000’s of farmers marched in Poland’s capital on Tuesday to protest in opposition to EU agricultural insurance policies and the import of low-cost agricultural merchandise from Ukraine.
Farmers and their supporters blew horns and burned smoke bombs within the white and purple colours of the nationwide flag exterior the Polish parliament in Warsaw earlier than marching to the places of work of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Protesters say Inexperienced Deal is just too expensive
Warsaw Metropolis Corridor estimated that 10,000 individuals took half. The principally male members carried placards that learn “We farmers and free Poles say cease the inexperienced insanity” and “Our state — our meals.”
The demonstrators wish to withdraw from the EU’s Inexperienced Deal, a plan to combat local weather change and assist the atmosphere with measures they are saying are too expensive.
A ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and different merchandise can be demanded by the protesters. The EU in 2022 waived duties on Ukrainian meals imports following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In distinction to earlier protests, no tractors or agricultural equipment have been have been allowed to participate within the demonstration. Additional protests in Warsaw have already been introduced for March 6, the farmers’ chief mentioned.
Tusk mulls wider ban on Ukrainain meals import
Polish farmers started a sequence of protests throughout the nation earlier this month, together with a near-total blockade of all Ukrainian border crossings and disruptions at ports and on roads throughout the nation.
The protests throughout have turn into a significant problem for Polish leaders, who strongly help Ukraine however are pressured to answer the rising social anger.
“We wish to assist Ukraine,” Donald Tusk mentioned in Prague, the place he traveled for a gathering of regional leaders on Tuesday. “Nevertheless it can’t be accomplished via actions which can be deadly to entire areas of the economic system.”
“We’re speaking about it with the Ukrainian aspect — that it is going to be essential to develop the embargo to different merchandise if the European Union doesn’t discover simpler methods to guard the European and Polish markets,” Tusk added.
Poland appears for options
Earlier within the day, Tusk mentioned the EU should deal with the issues brought on by its resolution to open its borders to Ukrainian meals imports.
He added that Poland was able to co-finance the acquisition of Polish, European and Ukrainian meals and agricultural merchandise to be despatched as humanitarian assist to famine-stricken international locations.
Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski mentioned in a Tuesday night interview on Polsat Information TV that additional talks with Ukraine on options have been deliberate for Wednesday and varied prospects have been being thought of.
Farmers and their supporters blew horns and burned smoke bombs within the white and purple colours of the nationwide flag exterior the Polish parliament in Warsaw earlier than marching to the places of work of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Protesters say Inexperienced Deal is just too expensive
Warsaw Metropolis Corridor estimated that 10,000 individuals took half. The principally male members carried placards that learn “We farmers and free Poles say cease the inexperienced insanity” and “Our state — our meals.”
The demonstrators wish to withdraw from the EU’s Inexperienced Deal, a plan to combat local weather change and assist the atmosphere with measures they are saying are too expensive.
A ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and different merchandise can be demanded by the protesters. The EU in 2022 waived duties on Ukrainian meals imports following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In distinction to earlier protests, no tractors or agricultural equipment have been have been allowed to participate within the demonstration. Additional protests in Warsaw have already been introduced for March 6, the farmers’ chief mentioned.
Tusk mulls wider ban on Ukrainain meals import
Polish farmers started a sequence of protests throughout the nation earlier this month, together with a near-total blockade of all Ukrainian border crossings and disruptions at ports and on roads throughout the nation.
The protests throughout have turn into a significant problem for Polish leaders, who strongly help Ukraine however are pressured to answer the rising social anger.
“We wish to assist Ukraine,” Donald Tusk mentioned in Prague, the place he traveled for a gathering of regional leaders on Tuesday. “Nevertheless it can’t be accomplished via actions which can be deadly to entire areas of the economic system.”
“We’re speaking about it with the Ukrainian aspect — that it is going to be essential to develop the embargo to different merchandise if the European Union doesn’t discover simpler methods to guard the European and Polish markets,” Tusk added.
Poland appears for options
Earlier within the day, Tusk mentioned the EU should deal with the issues brought on by its resolution to open its borders to Ukrainian meals imports.
He added that Poland was able to co-finance the acquisition of Polish, European and Ukrainian meals and agricultural merchandise to be despatched as humanitarian assist to famine-stricken international locations.
Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski mentioned in a Tuesday night interview on Polsat Information TV that additional talks with Ukraine on options have been deliberate for Wednesday and varied prospects have been being thought of.
