The announcment markes the second major concession won by European famrers in as many months, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying last month that she would be trashing plans to mandate farmers cut their methand and nitrogen emmisisons by one third by 2040. Brussels also abandoned plans to cut puseticide usage by half during the same time frame.
In a blow for Great Reset advocates, farmers also managed to pressure eurocrats into scrapping propaganda campaigns against eating meat.
However, many farmers groups appear intent on continuing their protests and apply pressure before the upcoming European Parliament elections in June, in which pro-farmer populists are set to make large gains.
The chairman of the OPZZ Farmers and Agricultural Organizations Sławomir Izdebski said on Wednesday that the latest agreement does not go far enough, mentioning the lack of protections for those enganged in animal husbandry and milk producers.
The Polish farmers will look to continue their disruptive protests at the border with Ukraine, deamind that their government withdraw from the European Green Deal and to close the borders to non-EU agriculture.
According to Polish state news agency PAP, 580 farmer protests were held across the country on Wedensday, with farmers holding banners reading: “We apologize for the inconvenience, but we have Green order to overthrow” and “You will feel hunger, you will respect the farmer”.
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