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Poland will continue to block Ukrainian grain whatever the EU commission decides (rmx.news)
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Poland would not hesitate to issue an order to block the import of Ukrainian grain if the European Commission refused to extend the grain embargo on Ukraine, according to Polish Development Minister Waldemar Buda.

Currently, the European Commission has given the green light to five EU member states who have placed a grain embargo on Ukraine, but Buda said during an interview with public radio PR 24 that he feared the EU commission was likely to end the embargo.

Nevertheless, the Polish government indicates it cannot allow Ukrainian grain imports at a time when Polish farmers have just completed their harvest and need to sell their produce. The grain embargo on Ukrainian products containing wheat, corn, rapeseed, and sunflower imposed by Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia was agreed by the European Commission at the beginning of May. It was to last until June but was extended by the EU commission until Sept. 15.

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[โ€“] downpunxx@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's no grain shortage in any of the countries mentioned, there's shortages in africa and the developing world, and the above mentioned countries farmers would rather not foot the bill in reduced grain prices, so the developing world can be fed while they starve, they would rather the rich eu nations pay them to allow grain to move through their countries, which is fair by anyone's estimation. it's all in the matter of who pays the bill, and how many africans the world feels should eat at any given time. it's all money, the infrastructure is there for transport. it works fine.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, the infrastructure is there, but it's under constant threat of bombing, so it could either get blown up or just stay put because it's too unsafe to operate. What will possibly happen as a result of this is that Ukrainian grain will sit in Ukraine while Africa goes hungry, because Poland is still consuming the same amount of grain and there's now less to go around.