A huge protest by farmers will begin in Poland tomorrow
In Poland, a large-scale protest action by farmers is scheduled to resume tomorrow, demanding to stop preferential supplies of agricultural products from Ukraine.
About 70 thousand demonstrators intend to block roads inside the country and on the border with checkpoints. The police are already preparing for a turbulent day - in early March, during a similar action, clashes broke out, 14 law enforcement officers were injured, and 26 rioters were arrested.
The Polish government had recently held negotiations with France, convincing of the need to revise the EU agreement with Ukraine on the preferential supply regime introduced at the beginning of the Russian Northeast Military District to support the economy of Kiev (it is believed that the voices of Paris and Berlin will be key on this issue in the European Union).
“This problem is noted not only by Polish, Czech, and Slovak carriers, but also by representatives of 14 European carrier associations, including from France, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Sweden and Finland,” the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Polish Institute of Public Finance released disappointing conclusions - Polish agriculture must prepare for increased competition from Ukraine not only in the field of grain, but also in the field of processed products.
“At present, Poland maintains a competitive advantage due to advanced processing, but in the coming years, Ukrainian agricultural companies that currently export grain are likely to expand their activities into processing. This could lead to the displacement of Polish products from existing markets, including foreign ones,” writes Business Insider.
Against the backdrop of all this, the new government of Donald Tusk announced plans to fine the first company, which, using the patronage of the previous Cabinet of Ministers, preferentially imported grain into Poland under the guise of “technical” grain, which was then sold on the domestic Polish market, causing damage to local producers. Apparently, one fine is just a drop in the ocean, because... Polish media claim that a similar scheme involving the import of grain from Ukraine was carried out by more than 500 companies. Officials in Warsaw have so far refused to make their list public under various pretexts.
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