• 05/02/2025 00:52

Polish farmers threaten protests along eastern border if their demands are not met

“We will suspend the protest, but we will not abandon it.”

Polish farmers threaten protests along the entire eastern border if their demands are not met blocking traffic during a protest in Dorohusk, February 2024 

<p>Polish farmers may resume protests at checkpoints on the border with Ukraine in December, and they may be much larger.</p>
<p>This was reported by pap.pl with reference to one of the leaders of the strikers, Roman Kondrov, following a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Poland Czeslaw Sekierski, writes Interfax-Ukraine.</p>
<p>During the negotiations, agreements were reached that farmers have until tomorrow to submit their demands to the Ministry of Agriculture, to which the Minister promised to prepare a response by December 10. In particular, this concerns a schedule for completing tasks with deadlines for their implementation.</p>
<p>Farmers expect, among other things, that the government and the Sejm of Poland will speak out against the free trade agreement between the European Union and the countries of South America.</p>
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In Brussels, farmers protested against the free trade agreement with South American countries

“We will suspend the protest, but we will not abandon it. And if the agreements are not fulfilled, we will return, but it will be a mass protest along the entire eastern border of Poland,” Kondrov emphasized.

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  • On November 23, Polish farmers blocked the Medika-Shehyni checkpoint. Trucks accumulated on both sides, the blockade was lifted in the evening of the next day.
  • The farmers protested for two reasons: failure to meet the requirement to maintain the level of agricultural tax in 2024 at last year's level and concerns related to the EU signing a free trade agreement with Mercosur. The farmers also stated that if agreements are not reached, they intend to protest around the clock until the end of the year.
  • Currently, all categories of vehicles are allowed to pass in this direction as usual.

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