Polish farmers blocked border crossings with Ukraine and traffic in Warsaw on Tuesday in protest against the so-called European "Green Deal".
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00:00 Polish farmers have once again blocked border crossings with Ukraine and traffic in Warsaw.
00:08 Their main demand is withdrawal from the so-called Green Deal being pushed forward by the European
00:14 Commission and to curb the uncontrolled import of agricultural products from Ukraine.
00:20 "The food from Ukraine and the EU mess is flooding us. Everything is on our heads."
00:28 "We are trying to play something in this difficult situation because the import is still not stopped.
00:35 And this is what we are fighting for. We want to sell our crops, but the price has gone down."
00:42 "We are waiting for the government to act. We hope that they will do something in our direction.
00:47 If they don't, we will protest until the end."
00:49 In retaliation, Ukrainian farmers are threatening to limit imports of Polish agri-food products
00:57 if Polish farmers do not stop blocking the country's borders in Ukraine.
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