Donald Tusk, commenting on the situation surrounding farmers and truck drivers protests, said in an interview with the paper Paisthat he must have been “hardened towards Ukrainian friends”, and that this is 1 of the saddest moments in his political career.
"The saddest moments in my political career are those where I should be hard on our Ukrainian friends. As Prime Minister of Poland, I must defend the fundamental interests of Poland. It takes much of my time to find a solution to this problem," said Tusk, commenting on the situation with the protests.
He pointed out that Poland "will aid Ukraine in all way possible". "But at the last European Council, I argued that the thought of free trade with Ukraine should be reconsidered. I think I convinced France, Italy and Austria. I want an honest agreement with Ukraine on this, I want to find a common denominator for the interests of Ukraine, Poland and the EU as a whole," he added.
Lega artis AppThe national farmers' protest began on 9 February. Farmers in Poland protest nationwide, blocking roads and approaches to border crossings with Ukraine. Unknown people have already dumped grain from Ukrainian trucks and railway wagons at border crossing points respective times. The main demands of the protesters are the cessation of imports of agricultural products from Ukraine to Poland and the rejection of environmental plans of the European Union (the alleged Green Deal), which assumes zero emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere by 2050.
Polish-Ukrainian relations have greatly complicated the embargo on Ukrainian cereals. On 15 September 2023, the European Commission decided not to extend restrictions on imports of 4 Ukrainian agricultural products to respective EU border countries, but committed Kiev to introducing export control measures. The authorities of Slovakia, Hungary and Poland then announced that they were unilaterally extending the ban. Ukraine has lodged a complaint with the WTO. In response, 3 EU countries declared that they would boycott meetings of the coordination platform on Ukrainian grain.
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