In Poland, farmers blocked the "Medica" border crossing. on the border with Ukraine in protest against the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, a trade bloc of South American countries. According to farmers, it will reduce their competitiveness. This was reported by the Reuters agency, quoted by the BNR.
Poland's Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Szekerski said he supports the farmers' demands and that the government will consider them at its next meeting. Their dissatisfaction is also against the raising of their taxes this year.
The blockade of the border crossing is expected to last 24 hours. Protesters allow only one truck per hour to leave the country,