Polish farmers are preparing almost 600 protests across the country
20.03.2024 - 11:01
Polish farmers will hold a nationwide protest in which almost 70,000 people will join.
On Wednesday, March 20, Polish farmers will hold a nationwide strike. Currently, there are 580 planned protests across the country, according to Polish law enforcement officers.
The protests are expected to cause significant traffic jams across Poland. Farmers will protest on expressways, in cities and on national roads. Among the cities are Warsaw, Gdansk and Krakow.
Polish police have promised to protect protesters and people not involved in the protests.
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We will remind, despite the embargo on some types of agricultural products from Ukraine, Poland continues to import the same items from Russia and Belarus. Ukrainian journalists learned about it.
Probably, following this and after that, the head of the Polish government, Donald Tusk, said that Poland will study the experience of Latvia regarding the introduction of an embargo on the import of agricultural products from the Russian Federation and, perhaps, will soon take similar steps.
Agrarians from Lithuania sided with Ukraine the day before. According to farmers, a much bigger problem for the agricultural market is Russian grain entering the country.
