For several weeks, border crossings to Ukraine have been blocked by Polish farmers, who are demanding a total embargo on Ukrainian food products. Kyiv fears that these blockages will impact arms deliveries, which pass through its routes.
This Thursday, Czech farmers joined protests in Central and Eastern European countries. Farmers went to big cities and to the borders with Slovakia, Poland and Germany.
To protest against the European Union’s agrarian policy and demand higher subsidies following the influx of goods from Ukraine into the European market.
Following protests on the Polish-Ukrainian border, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that arms shipments to Ukraine were not likely to be blocked.
He added that the routes and roads through which weapons and ammunition are transported to Ukraine will be included in the list of critical infrastructure.
“I am not relaxing my efforts to guarantee the interests of Polish farmers. Of course, the situation is not simple for most of our Western partners. This includes both Europe and the United States. Aid to Ukraine also has this commercial and financial dimension, but it is Poland which is most affected in this regard and Polish agricultural producers.
Tusk also said that the Polish and Ukrainian governments would meet in Warsaw on March 28 to discuss all issues related to grain and agricultural products from Ukraine and military aid.
He said he was in constant contact with European institutions and Kyiv to find solutions to the problem of Ukrainian agricultural products on European markets.
Polish farmers remain mobilized until Poland’s withdrawal from the Green Deal and the establishment of an embargo on Ukrainian food products are obtained.
