Visegrád 4 countries protest against EU policies
Polish farmers block traffic with tractors during a protest in the town of Borki, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, 09 February 2024. Polish farmers announced a nationwide protest on 09 February against the European Green Deal and the influx of goods coming from Ukraine, expected to last for 30 days.The protest was sparked by the recent decision by the European Commission to extend the duty-free trade with Ukraine until 2025. Farm vehicles, such as tractors, as well as pedestrians blocked roads in different parts of the country. EPA/Bartlomiej Wojtowicz POLAND OUT
Agriculture chambers from the Visegrád Group – Hungary, Czechia, Poland and Slovakia – along with ones from Lithuania and Latvia protested against the European Union’s agricultural policies at a meeting on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) said on Tuesday.
The chambers called on decision-makers in Brussels to stop “making things impossible” for European farmers, NAK said.
The V4 chambers decided to organise a protest on 22 February against the dumping of Ukrainian agricultural import products at the shared border between Slovakia, Poland and Czechia.
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski was present at the two-day meeting in Otrebusy.
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Have the Poles and Czech realized that voting for socialist, pro EU leaders like Tusk will not end well for the countries’ citizens?