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.
These countries aren’t traditional through-shippers of grain.
European farmers want that grain exported to other continents instead of lowering local prices.
Or in other words: European farmers want laws to be followed as they spend money to produce to EU standards and there is no way Ukrainian grain should be allowed to be sold for most applications anyway. Of course keeping corrupt shitheads at the top from violating regulations to dump Ukrainian grain into European markets is not an option for some countries… because those guys at the top do it with full knowledge of their government buddies.