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EU backs another year of access for Ukrainian food

Proposal includes tariff 'emergency brake' for some products in response to farmer protests

European Union lawmakers approved on Thursday granting Ukrainian food producers tariff-free access to EU markets for another year, rejecting amendments that could have increased restrictions.


Polish farmers gather as they protest at Lithuanian border, alleging Ukrainian grain transports are brought back into Poland as ‘EU’ grain, and against European Union ‘Green Deal” near border crossing at Polish Lithuanian border in Budzisko, Poland, March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Poland urges EU sanctions on Russian, Belarusian farm products

Polish farmers have been protesting EU environmental regulation, competition from Ukrainian imports

Poland plans to ask the European Union to put sanctions on Russian and Belarusian agricultural products as it seeks to meet the needs of protesting farmers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday during a visit to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

Polish farmers gather as they protest at Lithuanian border, alleging Ukrainian grain transports are brought back into Poland as ‘EU’ grain, and against European Union ‘Green Deal” near border crossing at Polish Lithuanian border in Budzisko, Poland, March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Polish farmers take grain protests to Lithuanian border

Farmers continue to protest against what they say is unfair competition from outside the EU

Polish farmers protested on the border with Lithuania on Friday against what they say are imports of Ukrainian grain through the Baltic country, something the Lithuanian officials deny.




French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

EU leader proposes policy shift as farmers protest

Rules "create a risk for EU food security" agriculture commissioner says

The EU should change conditions imposed on farmers who wish benefit from Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funding, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said in an interview with French newspapers of the Ebra group.