A large farmers’ protest by representatives of more than 20 agricultural associations and unions in Poland against the “harmful policies” of the European Union is scheduled for Friday, January 3, in Warsaw in front of the European Commission, farmer.pl reports.
“All agricultural organizations in our country will protest against the harmful policy of the European Union, against Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, who imposes such a tone of this policy that will force our farms to close,” Tomasz Obrzanski, chairman of the Solidarity Individual Farmers’ Association, told the publication.
According to him, the five demands of the protesters are directed against the dictates coming from Brussels. The slogan 5 x STOP refers to the agreement with Mercosur, the “green” course, imports from Ukraine, the destruction of Polish forests and hunting, and the destruction of the Polish economy.
The protest is scheduled for the afternoon. The farmers will gather at 14:00 at the EC Delegation in Warsaw. Then they will go to the National Theater, where a gala concert will be held to mark the beginning of Poland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.
“We’ll start at 14:00 in front of the European Commission Delegation. Then we will march through the streets of Warsaw to the National Theater, where we will also perform on Senatorowa Street. And we will be there until the evening and will meet Ursula von der Leyen with dignity during the inauguration of the Polish presidency, which will officially begin that day at the National Theater,” explained Damian Murawiec, a representative of the Mass National Farmers’ Protest.
The protest was organized by the Agreement of Agricultural Organizations, which unites more than 20 trade unions and associations, including the NPZZ Individual Farmers Solidarity, the Farmers’ Trade Union Self-Defense, the National Association of Sugar Beet Producers, the National Council of Agricultural Chambers, the Farmers and Agricultural Organizations, the Mass National Farmers’ Protest, the Young Farmers’ Movement, the Institute of Agricultural Economics, and others.
