The country’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, promised that his government, which took office in Poland after parliamentary elections in October, would try to find solutions
The Polish peasants they blocked more than 160 roads across the country to denounce “uncontrolled” imports of Ukrainian agricultural products and call for a review of the Common Agricultural Policy.
THE the country’s prime minister, Donald Tusk promised that his government, which took office in Poland after parliamentary elections in October, would try to find solutions in the framework of bilateral negotiations with Kiev.
“There are more than 160 blockades of roads and traffic axes across the whole of Poland,” Adrian Wawrzyniak, the spokesman for the trade union Solidarnosc RI, which coordinated the protests, which were expected to last from noon to at 14.00 local time (13.00-15.00 Greek time).
“We are opposed to uncontrolled imports of agricultural products from Ukraine and are calling for a review of the Common Agricultural Policy,” Wavrzyniak told AFP by phone.
More than 100 tractors gathered in Riki, south-eastern Polandbefore they started heading at low speed towards the city of Dublin, 12 kilometers away, causing a serious traffic jam, AFP journalists found.
“Agriculture is dying late”was among other slogans written on placards, which were held by the farmers.
Participating himself in blocking a road in Zuszczyn, near Wrocław (southwest), Wawrzyniak expressed his satisfaction with this demonstration, which involved more than 140 tractors.
After his visit to Kiev on Monday, and after a cabinet meeting today, the head of the Polish government said he wanted to “protect Polish agriculture in the face of unfair competition from the East”.
“We seek to include better terms in a bilateral agreement, according to which (…) it will be possible to sell Ukrainian products to Poland only with the consent of Polish institutions,” Tusk said.
According to him, “it will not take much time” for this.
The Prime Minister of Poland added that his government will find a solution “that will not, possibly, cause the enthusiasm of Brussels, but will not clearly violate European law and will probably be difficult but acceptable to the Ukrainians.”
Donald Tusk did not reveal further details.
“We will do it regardless of the farmers’ protests,” he emphasized.
Source :Skai
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