On February 20, local time, farmers in many places in Poland held ** activities, and traffic jams occurred near many national highways, provincial roads, highways, border crossings with Ukraine, and city centers. They demanded withdrawal from the European Green Deal, an end to the import of agricultural products from Ukraine, and the maintenance of the status quo in the aquaculture industry.
The head of the All-Polish Union of Trade Unions of Farmers and Agricultural Organizations, Slavomyr Izdebski, said that they would like to submit a statement to the European Commission that Poland will completely withdraw from the European Green Deal. In addition to the current event, the organizers are planning to hold an event in Warsaw, the capital, on February 27 this year. To show that the end of the "European Green Deal" is a common demand of European farmers, representatives of agricultural organizations from other European countries will also participate.
Last week, Polish Minister of Agriculture Sikilski stressed that the Polish side is negotiating a bilateral agreement with Ukraine on the import of agricultural products. The idea is to develop rules that determine import quotas for individual goods that may enter Poland so as not to destabilize individual markets.
The European Green Deal is a package of policy initiatives aimed at putting the EU on a path to ecological transition and ultimately climate neutrality by 2050. The package includes initiatives in closely related areas such as climate, environment, energy, transport, industry, agriculture and sustainable finance.
Editor: Liu Yusi).