Polish farmers may resume border blockade in December

The cessation of the blockade of checkpoints on the border with Ukraine by Polish farmers is temporary, the protests may resume in December and will be much bigger.

According to Interfax-Ukraine news agency citing Polish news agency PAP, agreements were reached during the talks, and the farmers have to submit their demands to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland until Tuesday 26 November, to which Czesław Siekierski promised to prepare a response by 10 December.

"What will be resolved, when and how – these requirements cannot be fulfilled at the same time, they require a number of regulatory decisions, and therefore it will be a schedule of tasks with deadlines," Czesław Siekierski said.

For their part, farmers expect, among other things, that the Polish government and Sejm will oppose the free trade agreement between the European Union and South America.

"We will suspend the protest, but we will not give it up. And if the agreements are not fulfilled, we will return, but it will be a massive protest on the entire eastern border of Poland," Roman Kondrov, one of the leaders of the strikers, said.

Currently, all categories of vehicles are crossing in this direction as usual.

The Polish side reported that local farmers planned to go on strike on the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing on 23 November.