Polish farmers block highway at border crossing with Germany


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  • Monday, 26 Feb 2024

A drone photo shows Polish farmers blocking the A2 motorway to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine, close to the Polish-German border, near Swiecko, Poland February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish farmers protesting against European Union regulations and cheap food imports from Ukraine blocked the A2 highway at a border crossing with Germany on Monday.

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks against constraints placed on them by European Union measures to tackle climate change, as well as rising costs and what they say is unfair competition from outside the EU, particularly Ukraine.

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