“This is a partial solution, we are waiting for the whole thing to be implemented,” Sławomir Izdebski, chairman of OPZZ Farmers and Agricultural Organizations, told PAP. He was referring to today’s announcements from Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on the liberalization of the Green Deal.
Donald Tusk wrote on his account on The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, announced that the fallowing and restriction of pesticides will not be mandatory; Instead of fines, there will be incentives and farms with an area of up to 10 hectares will be exempt from ecological inspections.
What was announced today is as if we replaced the wheels on an old, stalled tractor and left the engine the same. So this is a very partial solution for the time being. We are waiting until it is fully implemented. A step has been taken. At least farmers will know that they have not protested in vain. We are waiting for details and other matters related to the nuisance caused by the Green Deal
– said Izdebski.
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The protests will continue
Asked whether the Prime Minister’s and Commissioner’s announcements would put an end to agricultural protests, Izdebski said “probably not.”
The condition for its completion is the implementation of three postulates, one of which has been proposed so far. There will certainly be protests on March 20. We’ll see what happens later
– announced the head of OPZZ. In turn, he answered the question about the importance of relaxing fallow rules, admitting that this was “one of the main points that farmers fought for”.
It is good that the European Commission has not done this. We’ll see under what circumstances”
– said Izdebski. He also positively assessed the announcement to abandon the idea of a forced reduction in pesticides. Assessing the announcement to exclude farms with an area of up to 10 hectares from ecological control, Izdebski said that this was not of great importance to the demonstrators.
Unfortunately, there are very few such farms, and if they do exist, they do not live exclusively from the farm, so for the protesting farmers it generally does not matter much, because these are farmers who already have 100, 150, 200 ha and own more.
– trade union activist.
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As Izdebski emphasized, the issue regarding Ukrainian grain requires a solution.
The issue we proposed of exporting grain to the ports has not yet been solved – and I personally proposed it – and also the way to solve this problem, that is, companies have to charge farmers the price at the port payment, and not the price at the time of purchase. price, and they will later receive compensation from the state budget
– said the head of OPZZ, adding that such an action was carried out during the PiS government and it worked.
Huge amounts of grain were going abroad, so we proposed exactly the same thing. We don’t have an answer to this yet, and we know very well that there is no other option than to get rid of these shares and get rid of them as quickly as possible.
– trade unionist and referred to the ongoing talks between the governments of Poland and Ukraine, Izdebski stated that “nothing has been proposed to us so far.”
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Source: wPolityce