How to finish national agriculture? The provision is very simple: on the 1 hand, requirements should be introduced to rise production costs in the country and on the another hand, to open the marketplace to abroad products that do not gotta meet these requirements. And that is what Law and Justice did with Polish agriculture as part of alleged solidarity with Ukraine. Ukrainian grain flooded Poland, although the government assured that it was only a transit that could not harm Polish farmers. In fact, transit was stuck in Polish magazines, flour from Ukrainian grain went to Polish bakeries, and bread from this flour went to Polish tables.
What quality was the grain? No 1 knows that due to the fact that no 1 was controlling him. All we know is that it was cheaper, but the bread made from it did not stand. simply intermediaries took more for the sale of Ukrainian grain than they would consider for the sale of Polish grain. Polish farmers lost, Polish consumers did not gain. And if you think that this is the end of “solidarity with Ukraine” in this form, then you are mistaken. The duty-free and unlimited imports of Ukrainian agricultural products into EU countries will proceed for another year. What do Polish farmers say?
On Tuesday (4.04.2023) farmers from the Fraud Association organized a protest in Czernin close Hrubieszow. Its symbol became a “crucified” farmer, and it was included among the “crossers”: the Union, the government, the PiS, the oligarchs and the bailiff. The protest was held even before the resignation of Minister of Agriculture Henryk Kowalczyk, but after the alleged circular agricultural table, i.e. talks with the government about the Ukrainian grain import to Poland. Here's a quote from the speech that president Marcin Sobczuk gave during the protest in Czerniń:
At first there was a speech: you can't. Now it turned out that something could happen to the government, but it turns out it's just to keep us quiet. But these problems can no longer be swept under the carpet. present you have evidence that there is simply a problem across the country. And it's not just us grainers. You're about to see how we're gonna cry with soft fruit. This year, as many raspberries have been brought into the country as are collected annually. Then why should we? 150,000 tons of sugar have already entered from Ukraine. So far, the quota for Europe has been 28 000 tonnes. It doesn't look pink either. At the circular table what was? It's a good small chat from old men that doesn't show anything. The Prime Minister has promised that there will be increased border controls tomorrow. Nothing's changed here. erstwhile the truck's behind the truck, it keeps going like this, erstwhile the train's behind the train, it's inactive going.
And now a fragment of Wiesław Gryn's message from the Association of the Defrauded Village:
We cannot sale at Asian prices and produce at European prices. present the Green Deal is killing the Polish farmer. We won't take the kind of subsidies we're promised. These payments are alms. Ukrainians work on loans 2-3%, we at 12-13%, which is hard to maintain. Who's gonna pay it off? Prime Minister, Minister, the fact will set you free. Bitter fact is worth more than promises. uncover who buys the grain, who processes it. This fact belongs to us, to society. We want to know what we're eating! present is the time for Chernobyl flour! We won't accept it!
And the message of 1 of the Lublin farmers, which perfectly reflects what the Polish government has done as part of "solidarity with Ukraine":
The boy began to fill out a payment application. In this conclusion it is essential to photograph straw, manure, and here k**** so much grain enters through the east border and here there are no devices, cameras to control it. You can track all decision of the car, and there's a couple of trains coming in in 24 hours and no 1 knows what's going on with them? What's it like?
Yeah, what's it like? Did the Polish government decide to destruct Polish agriculture as part of the climate policy to destruct Polish mining? Was the actions of the Polish government on Ukrainian agricultural crops due to ignorance and deficiency of imagination, or was it intentional? It is hard to realize that Polish people are so incompetent. What devils are active here?
Now see how Polish farmers protest against the uncontrolled import of Ukrainian grain are being discredited. This is an entry on Twitter by Michał Marek, PhD student at the Jagiellonian University and president of the Center for Contemporary Environment investigation founded in 2021:
In the media, it has been reported that the Association “The Cheated Village” warns that it may interfere with W. Zelenski's visit to Poland... This is simply a alternatively disturbing message especially in the context of the activation of pro-Russian communities in Poland (which includes electoral campaign). The environment of the Defrauded Village is of large interest to people associated with the Confederation of the Polish Crown, who in the south-east of our country are known for their anti-Ukrainian attitude (e.g. Prof. A. Zapaliowski – the environment of Dr. L. Sikulski). The announced activity “The Defrauded Village” seems to be 1 of the highly harmful elements of the Polish Crown Confederation's campaign. next day we can anticipate increased activity of groups lobbying the Russian message, which will lead to depreciation of the image of W. Zelenski, questioning the rank of visit and trying to convince Poles that the support provided to Ukraine is not allegedly in the interests of our state and society.
So we're clear! Protesting farmers are “Russian onuces”, and opposition to their destructive government policy is part of an election run to depreciate the image of the president of Ukraine. After all, the most crucial thing is for president Zelenski to look good during his visit to Warsaw, so Polish farmers should close their beaks and humbly accept that their bankruptcy is simply a Polish state ration, right?
Michał Mark's revelations were made public by the Ukrainian portal agropolit.com, publishing an article on April 5. "Protesters of Polish farmers may be influenced by Russian Federation – expert". Of course, Michał Marek is an expert, due to the fact that it is clear that erstwhile an expert says something, it must be true. The Ukrainian reader is so informed that Polish farmers are protesting against the Ukrainian grain import to Poland not due to the fact that it is an unfair competition that will lead to bankruptcy, but due to the fact that they are pro-Russian and controlled by the Kremlin agent.
Putin must be having fun looking at how the Polish government allows Ukrainian grain into Poland without any control, as a consequence of which Polish farmers face the ghost of bankruptcy, and the Polish “expert” of their spits, which the Ukrainian portal cheerfully informs about. Russian propaganda can make a large deal out of it. There is no request for Russian propaganda so that Poles have had adequate of "solidarity with Ukraine". The Ukrainians and the Ukrainian people themselves work bravely for this effect in the form of Polish authorities and specified “experts” as Michał Marek. If I were Putin, I would have paid for those who say that demanding respect for Polish interests is simply a manifestation of “Russian onucism”. Nothing like this will contribute to common resentment between Poles and Ukrainians, specified as “experts”. The saint couldn't stand it, let alone the specified mortals, whose nerves are starting to let go from listening to these "expert" nonsense.
The case is simple as the construction of a brick: the interest of Ukraine is not in line with the interest of Poland, but the Polish authorities act as if it were. If things don't change, we're going to have another kind of flower after the grain scandal. And it will not aid a 1000 “experts” explaining that rebellion against “solidarity with Ukraine” is simply a manifestation of pro-Russianism. People can be told all sorts of stupid things, but everything has its end. The scare of “Russian onusism” is becoming weaker. Let's hope it doesn't work at all soon. And then it will be for the rulers to see fear in their eyes. The election's getting closer!
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