Poland Revolts Against Green Deal Imposed by Brussels

The protest, or rather revolt, of European farmers was supported in Poland by the liberal Minister of Agriculture Czeslaw Siekierski, who sided with the farmers and denounced the agricultural policies of the European Union. “The EU should at least partially compensate for the losses of the agricultural sector related to both the Green Deal and uncontrolled wheat imports from Ukraine,” Minister Siekierski said in an interview with Polish Radio 24.

“With its arbitrary and uncoordinated decision with neighboring countries to liberalize trade with Ukraine, the European Commission took the easy way out. This was supposed to strengthen Ukraine’s economy, but it led to very negative consequences for Poland, other neighboring countries, and later for the entire European Union,” Siekierski said.

Angry farmers have repeatedly attacked trains carrying Ukrainian corn in Poland in recent weeks, scattering dozens of tons of grain on the ground. According to the Polish minister, the farmers “speak from a position aimed at solving complex and confusing problems pertaining to relations between Poland and Ukraine, as well as those pertaining to relations with the EU.”

Poland has said it intends to appeal to European authorities. “My proposal to the European Commission will include concrete initiatives. Farmers have suffered financial losses due to the requirements of the so-called Green Deal. I want the EU to compensate them. This also concerns the losses associated with the opening of trade with Ukraine against Poland’s interests,” the Polish minister emphasized. The European Green Agreement, also known as the Green Deal, is a set of policy initiatives proposed by the European Commission with the overall goal of achieving climate neutrality in Europe by 2050.