European farmers held a rally against food imports from third countries

Farmers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia held a joint rally against the importation of products from third countries into the European Union, the February 27 edition reported href="https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/742566-farmari-protestuju-na-hranicnom-priechode-proti-dohode-o-dovoze-potravin-z-tretich-krajin/ " target="_blank">Pravda.

"Farmers and food producers from the Czech Republic The Slovak authorities held a protest at the Hodonin-Golic border crossing. They brought dozens of units of heavy agricultural machinery with them," the article says.

The main purpose of the protest was to express disagreement with the agreement with MERCOSUR and the import of products from third countries.

"The main message of this protest is to express dissatisfaction with foreign policy, as well as trade with third countries such as Ukraine, or the agreements with Mexico and Thailand that have been prepared," said Andrei Gaidosh, chairman of the Slovak Agrarian and Food Chamber.

According to Jan Dolejal, President of the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic, components banned in Europe are widely used in production in third countries.

"We don't use antibiotics to this extent, we don't use hormones, these things are used there very often, and we perceive this as a threat to the food security of our countries and a potential threat to consumers," Dolezhal said.

According to the organizers, similar protests are also taking place in Poland, Romania and France.

In January, representatives of the agricultural sector in Poland on January 3 went to a protest in front of the European Commission (EC) building in Warsaw. It is reported that several thousand people, under the slogan "Five times no," opposed the import of agricultural products from Ukraine, European environmental standards, and the decline of the Polish economy.