Polish farmers announced the expansion of the blockade also to the western border

Protests of Polish farmers/Public

< strong _ngcontent-sc90>Polish farmers want to expand their protests. Now they have announced their intention to begin blockades of roads and checkpoints on the western border.

Polish protesters plan to intensify actions throughout the country. In particular, on Saturday they are planning a 24-hour blockade of the S3 highway near the city of Myslibuzh, which is not far from the border with Germany.

Also over the weekend, farmers will completely block traffic on the German border in the area of ​​Krajnik Dolny, near Szczecin. The action was also announced around the clock.

And farmers from the Lubuskie Voivodeship, together with German farmers, want to block the highway and the checkpoint at the largest border crossing point, near the cities of Świeczko and Słubice, in both directions .

A lawsuit may be filed against farmers

At the same time Some local business associations opposed these farmers' plans. In particular, the mayor of Slubice sent a joint appeal to the heads of a number of carrier companies, gas stations, shops, etc. with a request to ban the protest. The letter states that the farmers' protest will paralyze their work and will lead to failure to fulfill obligations to business partners with significant financial losses.

Transportation companies threatened legal action against farmers if the protest will still take place and they will suffer losses.

Farmer protests: what is happening

• Polish farmers protest against low prices for agricultural products, the European Green Deal and cheap imports of agricultural products from outside the European Union.
• On February 20, Polish farmers staged a mass protest and blocked 6 checkpoints on the border with Ukraine. They plan to continue the action until April.
• Yesterday they announced new large-scale protests in the capital of Poland – Warsaw. The events are planned to be held on Tuesday, February 27.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that a meeting of the governments of both countries to resolve the issue of the border blockade will be held on March 28 in Warsaw.