The Polish European Commissioner supported the continuation of the ban on Ukrainian agricultural exports
1.09.2023 - 11:30
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski supported the extension of the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until the end of 2023.
Speaking before a group of MEPs from the parliamentary committee on agriculture, Wojciechovskyi said that the EU should consider subsidizing the cost of transit of Ukrainian grain to sea ports. For example, in the Baltic countries. According to him, this proposal is supported by both the five EU countries and Ukraine.
“This is not a proposal of the commission, but I hope it will be so,” he also said, warning that the restoration of permission for Ukrainian exports would provoke a “huge crisis” in the five member states that are Ukraine’s neighbors.
As the European Truth writes, the European Commission confirmed in response to the request that there is currently no such proposal.
The EU’s executive body said it is currently working on increasing the capacity of Solidarity Roads and eliminating bottlenecks that have arisen in five countries due to the sharp increase in grain exports from Ukraine.
The ban, which covers Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, ends on September 15.
