Polish farmers plan to resume the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border

Polish farmers recently stopped the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border, but are preparing to resume it from January 2-3, if they do not receive written confirmation from the government that their demands have been met, - said the head of the National Council of Agrarian Chambers Viktor Shmulevich.

"After discussions with the government, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland must fulfill the demands of the farmers who stopped the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border on the eve of Christmas, otherwise the protest will resume," Shmulevich said.

Farmers are demanding the abolition of the agricultural tax increase, easier access to soft loans and subsidies for corn in the amount of PLN 1,000/ha.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Poland reported that in order to make the necessary decisions, it is necessary to make changes to the legislation.

"We are waiting for the EU's approval of corn subsidies and we plan to keep preferential loans, and we also want local self-government bodies to be able to cancel the agricultural tax increase for farmers," said Czesław Sekerski, Minister of Agriculture of Poland.

"Warsaw, Kyiv and Brussels should conclude a tripartite agreement to regulate the conditions for the import of food products from Ukraine. But until the issue is resolved, the ban on grain imports will remain in place. "Ukraine has tested certain tools of limiting supplies in cooperation with Romania and Bulgaria, which will allow Poland to control the process," the minister added.

Farmers of the country hope that the government will approve the necessary solutions and the problem will be solved soon.