Large-scale protest in Warsaw: farmers criticize EU policy and imports of Ukrainian products

Polish farmers have started a protest in Warsaw against the European Green Deal, the MERCOSUR union, imports from Ukraine, and the destruction of Polish forests. They are protesting against the EU's policies that they believe will force their farms to close. The protest started on January 3 and is scheduled to end at 11 p.m. the same day. The farmers are demanding improvements in working conditions, a ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products that do not meet EU standards, subsidies for fertilizers, fuel excise duty compensation, and other demands.

Polish farmers have started a protest in Warsaw. One of the reasons is imports from Ukraine. This is reported by Polsat News. They are protesting against “rules coming from Brussels.” They are talking about the “European Green Deal,” which imposes a number of restrictions on farmers, the MERCOSUR union, imports from Ukraine, the destruction of Polish forests, and the “fading of the Polish economy.” “All agricultural organizations in our country will protest against the harmful policy of the European Union, against Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, who is imposing this tone on the policy that will force our farms to close,” said Tomasz Obszański, head of the Solidarity trade union of individual farmers. The action began in the afternoon of January 3 and is scheduled to end around 11 p.m. During this time, farmers are to walk through the central streets of Warsaw and come to the National Theater, where there will be celebrations on the occasion of the beginning of Poland's presidency of the ...