Both bills were intended to bring Poland in line with EU regulations.
Both bills were intended to bring Poland in line with EU regulations.
Organisers say they were opposed to “five dictates from Brussels”.
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The combination of unseasonably warm weather followed by a freeze could cause yields to fall as much as 70%.
Polish farmers have been protesting since last month against EU green policies and agricultural imports from Ukraine.
Demonstrators started fires in front of the prime minister’s office and some have thrown fireworks at police officers.
“Such a solution would be mutually painful,” says Donald Tusk.
It was the largest demonstration so far during ongoing protests by farmers in Poland.
The ministry called on the organisers to eliminate the “few initiators” of controversial actions from their movement.
Ukraine’s interior minister added that the blockade of the border by prostesters “impacts Ukraine’s defence capabilities”.
Sentiments among the protesting farmers, meanwhile, are mixed.
Waiting times at the Dorohusk crossing rose to over 30 days.
Krzysztof Mularczyk
Rural areas account for 40% of Poland’s population, one of the highest figures in the EU.
The government is “destroying agriculture”, said the leader of the protest.
“The fate of our common heritage is at stake,” say farmers ahead of a European Parliament vote.