I support farmers’ protests, they are protesting for a just cause, said Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman on Tuesday on Radio Zet. He also said that consultations on the housing program are ongoing. As he informed, the loan is 0 percent. will be able to benefit from, among others: large families and people participating in the costs of social housing.
“I support farmers’ protests, they are protesting for a just cause,” said Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman on Tuesday on Radio Zet. – “Farmers are desperate and I understand that they took to the roads. Farmers have the right to protest, they are in a very difficult situation because the costs of agricultural production have gone up enormously, and at the same time the profitability of agricultural production has dropped dramatically,” he added.
Farmers must be able to work normally
Hetman was asked about the statement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that the situation on the Polish-Ukrainian border “is not about grain, but rather about politics.”
“This is not a normal situation, because farmers should be able to work normally, and not block roads and stand at border crossings, but the second part of the president’s statement… I understand the emotions of the president of a country that is at war and under enormous pressure from a brutal attack by Russia , but this has nothing to do with politics. Farmers are in a dramatic situation and it is not politics if the profitability of their work has dropped dramatically,” said the minister.
An embargo on Ukrainian products may be necessary
He assessed that the current protests could be treated as if farmers presented the results of the audit of “the previous government and Commissioner Wojciechowski”.
“The European Commission must find approximately EUR 4 billion to remove approximately 20 million tons of surplus throughout the EU that are in wheat, corn and rapeseed warehouses, pay for it and pay for transport and export it to starving Africa. Only in this way There is a way we can save the situation,” said Krzysztof Hetman.
He admitted that if the EC does not find these funds, introducing an embargo on Ukrainian products “may be necessary.” “I and my entire political environment take this into account,” he said.
He admitted that such a move could be a tool that will also hit Poland, because “trade between Poland and Ukraine is more profitable for Poland,” but emphasized that “we must take some action to save farmers.”
