Polish farmers decided to resume blockade of the border with Ukraine

Polish farmers, despite assurances from the Polish government that their demands would be met, decided to resume the blockade of truck traffic near the Medyka-Szegyni checkpoint.

Roman Kondruv, the leader of the organization of farmers “Podkarpackie Deceived Village”, which blocked the border before the Christmas holidays, said this in a comment to PAP.

“So far, we have not received written assurances signed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk that our demands will be met. There was only a note from the meeting (December 23 – ed.), in which Minister Sekerski (Minister of Agriculture of Poland – ed.) and Kolodziejczak (Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland – ed.) assured that our demands would be fulfilled. But we have not received written guarantees, so tomorrow we will resume the protest,” Kondruv said.

According to him, on January 4 at 9 a.m. (Kyiv time) a press conference will be held in Medyka near the checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border to inform about the resumption of the border blockade.

The leader of the protesters said that this time the protest would be more severe: the protesters would let one truck through for an hour. Instead, trucks with military and humanitarian aid, explosives and perishable food will be allowed to pass without a queue.

As reported, on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Kolodziejczak told RMF.FM that he hoped that Polish farmers would not resume the blockade of the road near the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint, as the ministry agrees to fulfill all the farmers’ demands. He added that on January 8, he plans to meet with the leader of the organization “Podkarpackie Deceived Village” Kondrov to discuss the details of the farmers’ demands and their implementation.

The farmers are demanding subsidies for corn purchases, keeping the agricultural tax this year at the level of 2023, and extending the possibility of obtaining loans to ensure liquidity.

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