In their statements, farmers complain about low purchase prices for their products and government-revoked loans, but do not explain how this relates to the movement of Ukrainian trucks across the border.
From November 27 to January 3, only two trucks per day will be allowed through the Medika-Shegini checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, which Polish carriers and farmers are blocking.
According to the publication Wiadomosci Rolnicze Polska, this was stated at a protest of Polish farmers, who were brought to the border with Ukraine by the leader of the new political force “Agrounia” Michal Kolodziejczak.
According to the organizers of the action, the blockade will last 24 hours a day, but all humanitarian aid will supposedly flow to Ukraine without restrictions.
In their statements, farmers complain about low purchase prices for their products and the withdrawal of liquidity loans supporting them by the Polish government. The third demand of farmers is not to increase land taxes.
The speakers did not explain how the blockade of the Ukrainian border should help solve these problems.
“We stand in solidarity with the carriers, because these industries have suffered the most,” said Roman Kondrov, one of the protest organizers.
Let us remind you that the leader of the protest of Polish carriers Rafal Meckler, a marginal politician from the far-right National Movement, announced the day before the expansion of the blockade to the fourth checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. He also stated that the blockade of the largest checkpoint “Yagodin-Dorogusk” on the Ukrainian-Polish border will be extended until February 1, 2024.
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