Poland’s Senate rejects Nawrocki bid for referendum on EU climate policy
The power to approve or reject presidential requests for a referendum is one of the few definitive powers of the Senate.
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Nawrocki pushes for referendum on EU climate policy
Poland's President has submitted a motion to hold a national referendum on EU climate policy.
Poland to take EU Mercosur trade deal to the ECJ
Poland has announced plans to file a legal challenge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the European Union’s trade agreement with South America.
Polish President Nawrocki demands PM Tusk sues EU over Mercosur
The opposition Conservatives (PiS)-allied President Karol Nawrocki wrote to Prime Minister Donald Tusk demanding the immediate filing of a complaint against the…
Poland bans fur farming
Poland has become the 17th European Union member state to ban fur farming .
Fake ‘freebie’ posts lose Polish farmer 150 tonnes of potatoes
After social media posts claimed a farmer was giving away "free potatoes", locals removed around 150 tonnes of crops in just one day in the southern Polish village…
Farmers rally against CAP reforms outside Commission headquarters
A small group of farmers, joined by political speakers and allies from the European Parliament, assembled in Brussels on May 20 to protest against proposed reforms…
Polish Government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal
The Polish Government has adopted a resolution committing it to opposing the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the region consisting…
Ukraine slams Polish farmers over anti-Mercosur border blockade
Polish farmers blocked the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine on November 23 in a protest over the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, which they…
Despite farmers’ anger, EU to renew trade deal with Ukraine
European Union institutions have struck a deal to extend an agreement allowing the tariff-free importation of Ukrainian agricultural products - despite protests…
Polish farmers dump manure outside Parliament Speaker’s home
Polish farmers continued their protests despite some agricultural organisations signing an agreement with the Government.
EU farmers win MEPs’ backing in Ukraine agri-trade spat
The European Parliament has backed European Union farmers on the sensitive topic of Ukrainian agricultural trade.
Polish MP ‘tear-gassed by police’ at farmers’ protest in Warsaw
Sławomir Mentzen MP, a leader of the Polish right-wing Confederation party who was at a farmers’ protest outside the Polish Parliament, accused the police of…
Tusk says Poland ‘will ignore EU Green Deal and Ukraine policies’ unless reformed
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met protesting farmers in Warsaw and called for reform of both the European Union’s Green Deal and the EU free-trade agreement…
Polish PM Tusk to meet angry farmers
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet protesting farmers' leaders as demonstrations continue across the country.
Kyiv urges Poland to punish those behind Ukrainian grain spills
Kyiv has urged Poland to punish those responsible for Ukrainian grain spills at the border over the weekend, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said…
Polish farmers spilling Ukrainian grain in border protest
Polish farmers have outraged Kyiv by spilling Ukrainian grain from railway trucks at the countries' border.
Polish farmers plan to ‘shut all Ukraine borders’
Polish farmers intend a total blockade of all border crossings with Ukraine, a trade union said, escalating their month-long strike that began in protest against…
As Polish farmers revolt, PiS demands its own EC agriculture chief resign
Polish farmers blocked roads nationwide protesting against European Union climate policies and the influx of cheap food imports from Ukraine.
Polish farmers join Europe-wide protest movement
Poland’s farmers have demonstrated in at least 180 locations against the implementation of the European Union's Green Deal programme and the uncontrolled influx…
Polish farmers to resume blockade of Ukraine border crossing
Polish farmers will resume their blockade at the Medyka border crossing with Ukraine from Thursday as they say they have not received a signed assurance from the…
Central Europe’s truckers call on EU to end transport deal with Ukraine
Road haulage organisations from Central Europe have called on the European Union to end a transport agreement with Ukraine that they believe has led to unfair competition…
Ukraine says no progress in talks with Poland over border protests
Kyiv and Warsaw again failed to reach an agreement to stop a week-long Polish truckers' protest at Ukraine's border, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.
Polish currency at risk from proposed EU treaty changes, says central bank chief
Proposed Treaty change “would mean the liquidation of the zloty, the end of our national currency, the end of our independence and the end of our own monetary…
Who has been interfering in the Polish elections? Germany’s hand is all too apparent
The most obvious international interference so far in next Sunday's Polish general election has been the Ukrainian-Polish grain dispute.
Poland’s economy has been a remarkable and underreported success story over the last 30 years – now both main parties appear ready to squander it
The economy is the big absentee from the Polish election campaign.
Germany ‘plotting to dominate Europe with Russia’: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
Prominent Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski says Germany is “encouraging” tensions between Poland and Ukraine as part of a secret strategy to dominate Europe.
Zelenskyy says unilateral grain embargo ‘supports Russia’ while at UN meeting
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, criticised the grain embargo imposed on his country by…
Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski slams EC decision on Ukrainian grain
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski has publicly disowned the decision taken by the EC to end the embargo on Ukrainian grain for five neighbouring…
Polish minister says unilateral extension of Ukraine grain ban ready to be enacted
Polish economic development minister Waldemar Buda said a decree for Poland to unilaterally extend the grain embargo on Ukraine beyond the European Commission’s…