New Polish president to form international coalition against Mercosur Agreement

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At a meeting with local farmers in the northwestern Polish village of Krapiel on Saturday, Karol Nawrocki said that one element of the draft law he had just signed was an amendment to the preamble to the law regulating the development of the Polish agricultural policy system. According to this, the government would be obliged to protect Poland from the consequences of the EU-Mercosur agreement and the influx of agricultural products from Ukraine. The provision in the preamble “gives the political class the opportunity to stand up for Polish farmers,” Nawrocki said. He believed that the solution “will appeal to farmers all over Europe,” as farmers in other European countries are also “very concerned about the signing of the EU-Mercosur agreement.” He expressed hope that EU partners “will follow the same path” and create a coalition against the Mercosur agreement.

Nawrocki promised a consistent stance on the international stage on the issue

Polish Agriculture Minister Stefan Krajewski told RMF FM commercial radio last Monday that his ministry is trying to create a minority in the European arena that would block the adoption of the EU-Mercosur agreement, which threatens the competitiveness of Polish agriculture, but such a minority currently does not exist. Nawrocki’s agricultural plan also calls for extending the ban on the sale of state-owned farmland until 2036. Current Polish regulations aimed at preventing speculative land purchases by foreign companies will expire next year.

MTI