Month of protests begins in Poland: Farmers to march on Brussels in December

improve, the strike will expand across the entire country. Farmers cite low purchase prices for agricultural products, soaring production costs, and competition from imports coming from third countries — including Ukraine and South American states — as the main reasons for their discontent. According to them, current EU agricultural policies are increasingly threatening the economic viability of European farming. The protest campaign will continue until December 14. Participants, including the “Solidarity” trade union and the West Pomeranian Agricultural Chamber, stress that the demonstrations are meant as a warning. Tractors will not block roads but will move in convoys to show the scale of discontent. Farmers emphasize they are not fighting for privileges but for survival — and for the future of Polish agriculture. Wiktor Szmulewicz, president of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers, stated that the Polish protests are part of a broader European mobilization. Farmers ...