President to prime minister on the Mercosur agreement: we need to build a blocking minority, not just talk!

The agreement with Mercosur is of a global nature, covering thousands of products that could flood Poland, destroy Polish agriculture and other sectors. The proposed safeguard clauses for a dozen product groups will not change anything, it is like putting up an umbrella in front of a tsunami – President of the Republic of Poland Karol Nawrocki assesses. "From the beginning, I have been saying a firm 'NO' to the EU-Mercosur agreement. The defense of Polish agriculture against its effects was included in my legislative initiative submitted in August 2025. I talked about it in Paris during a meeting with President Macron, I discussed it in Italy during a meeting with Prime Minister Meloni, I presented our geopolitical arguments in the context of this agreement and the use of Russian means of agricultural production in South American countries to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. I pointed out the dangers arising from the agreement with Mercosur countries during my lecture at Charles ...