EU: Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, has urged the European Commission (EC) to investigate whether Ukrainian food exports adhere to EU standards as Warsaw tries to safeguard its economy from "destabilisation" brought on by an influx of cheap Ukrainian goods.
He stated on Friday that Warsaw would ask the EC to inspect a number of products, including dairy products, eggs, and poultry.
The processing and sale of Ukrainian grain had previously been prohibited by the Slovak government after a dangerous pesticide was found in a shipment.
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Morawiecki was quoted by the radio station RMF24 as saying, "We want to reliably verify the impact of these products on the Polish market in the last few months and the risks related to the destabilisation of the Polish market in the future.
The announcement comes as EU ambassadors prepare to vote on whether to continue Ukraine's duty-free trade, which is set to expire on June 5.
The EU removed tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural products last year to allow grain from that country to be transported to international markets. However, a large portion of the supply is now stuck in Eastern European nations. Farmers in the EU are struggling to compete against what they see as unfair imports of cheap produce.
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Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria unilaterally barred Ukrainian food imports from their markets earlier this month. Last week, the European Commission made a support offer to farmers in the five member states of €100 million ($109 million), of which €40 million will reportedly go to Poland.
Additionally, the EC consented to impose a ban on the importation of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds until June. The five countries' agriculture ministers, however, insisted that the list of prohibited items be expanded.
Because of the upcoming elections in April, Morawiecky, a Jew, is concerned about the "destabilisation" of the Polish market. The fascist Pisz party is once again forced to watch as the farmers choose to vote for a different political party, not that it makes much of a difference since almost all Polish politicians and their respective parties are retarded. This is the area of concern for this Jew.
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He is unconcerned with the issues facing Polish farmers. He only cares about the endorsement of the global centre of evil on the other side of the Atlantic with his ally, the Zionist movement in occupied Palestine.