Polish farmers are in Brussels to express their anger. While they are suffering the full brunt of the consequences of the war in Ukraine, they also want to ask the European Union to reverse its Green Deal. They will demonstrate on Tuesday June 4 in the Belgian capital.
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With our correspondent in Warsaw, Martin Chabal
The cup is full for farmers Polish. While they blocked the border with Ukraine for almost five months, they are now in Brussels to make themselves heard. Alongside around 2,000 of their counterparts from across theEurope, according to the organizers, they plan to demonstrate in the Belgian capital while driving tractors. A rally called by the Farmers Defense Force, a farmers’ movement close to the far right and fiercely opposed to environmental protection measures on a European scale.
Janusz Terka grows grain and raises pigs. He has in his sights the European Green Deal, which aims for carbon neutrality in the European Union by 2050: “ The Green Deal is just an ideology. We want real practical solutions that will help the environment. There, the solutions proposed have nothing to do with environmental protection “, he insists.
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Janusz is in favor of more responsible and ecological agriculture, but according to him, the green deal will only shift the problem. “ As it stands, the European Union will only move food production outside our continent. And it certainly won’t be good for the climate or environmental protection », insists the breeder.
And as a farmer, Janusz is disappointed with the offer of change he is being offered for Sunday’s European elections. We almost only talk about the war in Ukraine and agriculture is a real taboo subject according to him. But he still hopes that this demonstration in Brussels will make the candidates aware, in time, of their demands. Despite the figures announced, farmers “ will not reach 2,000 participants », hopes a source within the police cited by the Belgian media The evening.
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