Eastern European Farmers Plan Joint Protest Against Unfair Competition in EU Market

Published on February 19, 2024

A Czech agrarian organization called on Eastern European farmers to protest at the Ukrainian border against unfair imports of agricultural products from Ukraine and the EU’s agricultural policies. Delegations of agricultural organizations from six European Union (EU) countries demanded an “immediate solution” to the adverse effects of the EU’s agricultural policies and regulations at a meeting with the EU’s Agricultural Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on Feb. 12 and 13 in Poland, according to a statement by the Czech Agrarian Chamber. The farmers’ organizations from Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and Latvia that attended the meeting agreed to carry out international protests against the EU’s agricultural policies on Feb. 22 and invited other EU countries to join in, Barbora Pánková, a spokeswoman for the Czech Agrarian Chamber, told Euractiv....

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