Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Germany have been protesting over the impact on farming of the EU’s drive to tackle climate change, as well of opening the door to cheap Ukrainian imports to help Kyiv’s war effort.
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European farmers’ frustration came to a head in Brussels on Thursday, where farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament and started fires and set off fireworks as they demanded EU leaders at a summit nearby do more to help them.
Solidarity said that apart from the blockade of crossings with Ukraine, it planned on-off blockades of roads throughout the country between Feb. 9 and March 10.
Poland’s agriculture ministry did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.
A separate organization of Polish farmers had earlier blocked a key border crossing with Ukraine, but the protest was suspended on Jan. 6 after the new government agreed to its demands.
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