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"...Our patience has been exhausted. The position of Brussels at the end of January 2024 is unacceptable to the entire agricultural community. In addition, the lack of response from the Polish authorities and declarations of cooperation with the European Commission, along with announcements to respect all decisions on the import of agricultural and food products from Ukraine, leave us no choice but to declare a general strike...We cannot accept the implementation of the "European Green Deal", the European Union's farm-to-table strategy and the proposed form of the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Polish government must present a clear plan for agricultural production, its profitability, the reconstruction of domestic processing and trade. We will fight for this until it happens. Polish farm families are the foundation of our country's food security....
We ask compatriots to be understanding and aware of the situation in which we all find ourselves. We are fighting for our common good, which is to save Polish family-owned, often multi-generational farms from collapse and bankruptcy...."
"Imports of crude oil are the biggest item in our import basket. And equally, the export of petroleum products is the biggest item in our export basket. We will import from wherever we can, and we will export to wherever we can," the minister explained.
"We have direct trouble with personnel. I'm talking with my friends, also officers in other units, and those in infantry; it's almost the same situation everywhere."The Post spoke with "nearly a dozen" officers and soldiers, who concealed their identities fearing retribution.
Comment: Investors rarely care who's in power so long as they'll make money, and so they're concerned because all the signs, including the policy decisions by the ruling party - which is suffering a 14% approval rating - point to conditions whereby investing in Germany is simply no longer profitable for them; as is the case with economies across the West: The London stock market's decline is starting to look terminal - The Telegraph
Meanwhile in Russia, and China: