< p>In particular, Woitsekhovsky insists that the new order, which will come into force on June 5, should include a mention of limiting imports of sugar and poultry meat from Ukraine.
Polish European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski insists on including in the European Commission order on extending the free trade agreement with Ukraine a restriction on the import of Ukrainian into EU sugar and poultry.
This is reported by RMF24.
According to the publication, the European Commission is currently continuing interdepartmental agreements on the extension of this agreement until 2025, and the Polish European Commissioner states that he will not sign if his demands are not taken into account.
In particular, Woitsekhovsky insists that the new order, which will come into force on June 5 this year, should include a mention of limiting imports of sugar and poultry meat from Ukraine.
The publication notes that the Polish European Commissioner considers this matter a “big task” for himself for 2024. According to him, imports from Ukraine of poultry meat and sugar have recently increased significantly, which poses a threat to competition in the EU market and Polish production of sugar and poultry meat.
According to Woitsekhovsky, the full opening of the EU market for imports from Ukraine will mean consent to consolidating Russian gains. He argues that Russia has forced Ukraine out of Asian markets, forcing it to reorient itself towards the European market, which will destabilize Poland and other neighboring countries. Thanks to this, according to the European Commissioner, Russia “wins twice”: it gets new markets, and disputes arise among EU countries.
However, as RMF24 notes, not everyone shares Wojciechowski’s position in the European Commission. In particular, the services of the European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, on the contrary, are seeking to ease existing restrictions. In particular, they are in favor of canceling the possibility of temporarily introducing an EU embargo in the event of a significant influx of products from Ukraine – at the request of Poland, the European Commission introduced an embargo on Ukrainian grain from April to September last year. Dombrovskis' main arguments are the principles of the free market and the need to help Ukraine. This position is also shared by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
Recall that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, Czeslaw Sekierski, announced that the embargo on Ukrainian products will remain in force and will be indefinite. He emphasized that Ukraine needs to be helped in such a way as not to interfere with the profitability of Polish agricultural production.
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