Paris, January 30 (Xinhua) -- France's Macron said on the 30th that the import of Ukrainian agricultural products is causing a "dysfunction" in the European market, and France hopes that the European Union will take "clear measures" on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.
Macron, who is visiting Sweden, said at a press conference in Stockholm on the same day that he hoped the EU would take "clear measures" on imported agricultural products such as grain and chicken from Ukraine, because some imbalances are emerging in the European market. He will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on February 1 to discuss this and other EU policy provisions that are weighing on French farmers.
According to France**, after the escalation of the Ukraine crisis, the European Union exempted some Ukrainian agricultural products from tariffs in order to support Ukraine. Due to the fact that the cost of agricultural production in Ukraine is lower than that of the European Union, coupled with the advantages brought by preferential tariffs on agricultural products, the profit margins of local farmers in France have been compressed.
In the past few days, a large number of French farmers have held ** actions due to dissatisfaction with the production situation, and one of the reasons is to oppose the "unfair competition" caused by Ukrainian agricultural products. Since the 29th of this month, a large number of French peasants have "occupied" the highways in and out of Paris in tractors, claiming to "besiege Paris indefinitely".