Agrarian organizations of Central and Eastern Europe called on farmers to protest against the agrarian policy of the European Union on February 22. Czech farmers will join the action.
Czech farmers are planning protests
Farmers have recently protested in many European countries over opposition to the EU's Green Deal for Europe, which aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Farmers are also unhappy with rising costs and "unfair foreign competition".
The Czech Agrarian Chamber reports that organisations from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have recently submitted their demands to the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
It is about compensating farmers for compliance with new rules related to environmental protection, easing bureaucracy and transparency of the subsidy system, as well as better regulation of Ukrainian production going to the EU market.
At the same time, rural organisations called to organise protest drives to border crossings, where agrarians meet their colleagues from other countries.
Czech farmers plan to join the protest by blocking the highway in Prague on February 19 and then going to the border crossings on February 22.
If the European Commission does not immediately present a plan for a real solution to these problems, these actions will be repeated at border crossings, says the press release of the Czech Agrarian Chamber.
Farmers' protests in Europe
In recent weeks, demonstrators demanding better conditions for farmers have disrupted transport and blocked borders in France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Spain and Portugal.
The protests are connected not only with the efforts of the European Union to fight climate change but also with the opening of the market for cheap Ukrainian products.
Since February 9, Polish farmers have blocked five border crossings between Ukraine and Poland.
They also plan to block all border crossing transport hubs and entrances to transhipment railway stations and seaports from February 20.
