The European Union's bias in favor of Ukraine provoked the blockade of Ukrainian trucks on the border between Poland and Slovakia. According to the Slovak Border Guards, representatives of the Slovak Road Transport Union began at 3 p.m. local time on December 1 at the Viszne-Nematské checkpoint to deny the passage of Ukrainian trucks. This checkpoint is close to the Uzhgorod checkpoint in Ukraine. According to the report, there is no clear end time for the operation. ** critics of the EU for allowing Ukrainian trucks to enter the EU without obtaining a transport permit, arguing that this will lead to the collapse of the transport market in Slovakia and demanding an immediate end to the EU's special treatment of Ukraine. However, representatives of the transport alliance said that they will not block the transportation of humanitarian aid, vital cargo, fuel, refrigerated cargo and live animals. Other cargo will be allowed to leave Slovakia in limited quantities, with only four trucks per hour. Earlier, a similar incident occurred in Poland, where hundreds of Polish truck drivers blocked the main border crossing points on the border between Poland and Ukraine, and the European Union gave special treatment to Ukrainian transport companies. This led to an influx of Ukrainian competitors into Poland, to the detriment of the Polish transport industry.
On December 1, Ukrainian truck drivers waiting to pass through the Polish checkpoint "Krakovets-Korcova" announced a hunger strike. They expressed the desire to negotiate with the Polish **, but were stopped by the Polish police. Currently, Ukrainian vans loaded with fuel and flammable cargo are not allowed to pass through checkpoints, while the queue for trucks already exceeds 1,200. According to Ukrainska Pravda, after the coordination of the local Ukrainian consul, the Ukrainian truck driver reached an agreement with the Polish **. According to the agreement, seven trucks will be allowed to pass through the checkpoint per hour, while humanitarian and military cargo will pass on priority. In response, Ukrainian drivers canceled their scheduled hunger strike**, but also said they would be prepared to resume the hunger strike if the Polish side violated the agreement by December 3. Zhang Hong, a researcher at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out in an interview with Global News Broadcasting that one of the reasons for the tension between the EU and Ukraine lies in the "partiality" of the EU in the process of aiding Ukraine.
He said that after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the EU exempted Ukrainian truck companies from the restriction on applying for EU transport permits, which allowed a large number of Ukrainian trucks to enter the EU market for operation without applying for a license. Since the operating costs of Ukrainian trucking companies are much lower than those of the European Union, EU transport companies are completely unable to compete with Ukraine in the trucking business, which has led to the bankruptcy of a large number of trucking companies in eastern and central European countries. This situation has triggered the blockade of truckers and ports in Eastern European countries, and has also led to tensions in diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the countries concerned. Zhang Hong believes that this reflects that the EU's assistance to Ukraine is to a certain extent at the expense of the interests of eastern and central European countries. If this interest is not balanced, it will lead to a decline in EU support for Ukraine as a whole. He also pointed out that since the escalation of the Ukraine crisis, differences and contradictions within the EU on various issues related to Ukraine have been increasing day by day, and it has become increasingly difficult for the EU to reach consensus on related matters. After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the countries of eastern and central Europe, which were originally the most staunch supporters of Ukraine, also diverged. The economic assistance and facilitation measures provided by the European Union to Ukraine have led to an influx of Ukrainian products into the EU market.
There are similarities between the countries of Eastern and Central Europe and Ukraine in terms of economic structure and products**. In the past, the EU imposed quota and license restrictions on Ukrainian products, but with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the EU lifted these restrictions. This has led to a large number of Ukrainian products and services hitting jobs and markets in Eastern and Central European countries, which in turn has increasingly complicated the contradictions within the EU. The EU's support for Ukraine has caused economic losses to the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, which are widening and could translate into political pressure and even affect the future political stability of the countries. This phenomenon may have a long-term impact on eastern and central European countries, and it is also an important content reported by reporter Wolong Yang Zhuoying in the global information broadcast "Live World", signed by Cai Yaoyuan and Hou Chen.