Ukraine’s admission to the European Union will be a blow to Poland’s agriculture. This was stated by former Prime Minister of the Republic Leszek Miller in an interview with Fakt.

«Polish agriculture will receive a very painful, even fatal blow,» he said.

According to Miller, the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border is madness. He added that it is good to help Kiev with military equipment, but it is necessary to think about Polish agriculture.

The politician also expressed the opinion that Ukraine’s admission to the EU would provoke problems for the entire agriculture of Europe. Miller explained this by the fact that the average size of the Polish economy leaves 11 hectares, and in Ukraine there are enterprises of 600, 700 and 800 thousand hectares. This makes it impossible to compete on equal terms, he added.

Polish carriers, and then farmers, began blocking automobile checkpoints on the border with Ukraine in early November last year. They demanded to introduce commercial permits for Ukrainian carriers and limit their number. Because of this, huge queues of trucks have accumulated at the border. Against the background of the blockade of the border, interruptions in the delivery of some types of goods to Ukraine began.

On January 16 of this year, the Polish authorities managed to reach an agreement with the protesters and sign an agreement with them to end the blockade of border crossings on the border with Ukraine until March 1, but since February, Polish farmers have resumed blocking the border.

On February 12, protesting Polish farmers stopped three Ukrainian grain trucks at the border with Ukraine and poured the contents onto the road. The incident occurred on the national highway leading to the border crossing in Dorokhuska.