Polish Minister of Agriculture, Henryk Kowalczyk, was egged on by farmers at the European Agricultural Forum in Jasionka because of Ukrainian grain filling the market. It has been reported Business Insider Polska.
Protesting farmers were recorded shouting that Kowalczyk did not have the right to vote. The police took them.
According to the publication, Polish farmers are unable to sell their grain, and grain prices have fallen by almost half, even though the country’s authorities help Ukraine with money and weapons but not their own farmers.
According to Michal Kolodzieczak, leader of the Polish farmers’ association Agrounia, after the removal of the tax on grain imports from Ukraine on May 30, 2022, many people bought Ukrainian grain instead of Poland.
He also noted that local farmers face the problem of subsidies.
“Previously it was 190 euros per hectare, now it will be 115 euros. “This is a betrayal of the Polish countryside,” he said.
Zbigniew Zebro, former Prosecutor General of Poland and Minister of Justice He insisted The country’s government will refund taxes on Ukrainian grain to protect local farmers.