Widespread discontent among farmers across Europe has exploded into angry protests and blockages of ports and roads in recent weeks against low prices, EU agricultural regulations, and unfair competition from cheap imports.
The European Commission has officially proposed to extend the suspension of import quotas and duties on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while including safety measures for agricultural products, as demanded by several EU countries.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is worrying about allegedly "catastrophic consequences" of Ukraine's EU accession again. Source: European Pravda with reference to Orbán's claims in an interview to a French media outlet Le Point published by his press service Details: Orbán mentioned the Eurointegration of Ukraine in his comments on the protests of European farmers.
EU agriculture ministers will discuss on Tuesday how to resolve European farmers' growing discontent as Brussels scrambles to address the issue ahead of elections this year.- Ignored warnings -
Farmers' discontent has been a growing concern in the European Parliament.