The newspaper writes that Ukraine has paid a heavy price for facilitating agricultural exports to its Eastern European neighbors. Le Figaro.
“Poles, Romanians and Bulgarians are outraged at the uncontrolled flow of grain from Ukraine,” the article says.
Polish farmer Marcin Misiak said that grain supplied from Ukraine did not go to international markets or Africa, but settled in Poland and this affected local agricultural producers as buyers preferred cheap Ukrainian grain.
In May 2022, the European Union abolished customs duties on all agricultural products from Ukraine for one year to support its economy.
“Ukrainian operators have done everything possible to monetize the situation. As a result, fierce competition began in European ports and products from Ukraine were the ones that managed to get ahead,” he said.
On the eve of the prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia returned With a request to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to intervene in the crisis caused by the influx of grain from Ukraine.