Polish PM Tusk says he will meet protesting farmers on Thursday


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  • Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: A man looks on as Polish farmers 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, outside the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday he would meet protesting farmers' leaders on Thursday, as demonstrations continued across the country.

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks against constraints placed on them by EU regulations meant 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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