Polish farmers have blocked the border with Slovakia from Ukrainian exports, leading to a trade war with Ukraine. Ukrainian PM hopes for EU accession negotiations to start in the first half of 2024. France and Poland call for restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products, potentially derailing free-trade access to the EU. The EU is facing protests from farmers amid discussions on admitting new members, including Ukraine, Moldova, and Western Balkan countries.
The EU is secretly preparing for the possible accession of Ukraine β Politico. The EU is currently reluctant to say much publicly about admitting new members amid protests from angry farmers across the continent. Another βbrilliantβ idea , what can possibly go wrong π€¦ββοΈ https://t.co/1tqvjJiLnj
EU silent on Ukraine's bid for membership amid farmer protests https://t.co/2MieCdZQeb https://t.co/k2IyGmi4NJ
πͺπΊπΊπ¦ "Some EU officials preferred to keep the work being done to prepare for the eventual integration of Ukraine, Moldova, and a number of Western Balkan countries under wraps βΒ especially the knock-on effects that would have for farmers", - Politico https://t.co/6YvuE6oYZe
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π«π·π΅π±π« France has joined Poland in calling for further restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, threatening to derail negotiations on extending Kyiv's free-trade access to the EU for another year, three European diplomats told POLITICO. https://t.co/ZVbubFL7dy
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How Brussels plans to negotiate Ukraine's EU accession https://t.co/hrTQdbqwJw
π΅π±πΊπ¦ "The embargo on the import of Ukrainian grain and the border blockade are, in fact, nothing but tools of a trade war that Poland is waging against Ukraine. And this is happening at a time when Ukraine, among other things, is defending it from Russia", - Stepan Cherniavskyi,β¦ https://t.co/S9G08IfFWN
Ukrainian PM expresses hope for EU accession negotiations to start in first half of 2024 https://t.co/eq8tMFz6Is
Euronews: Polish farmers block the border with Slovakia from Ukrainian exports https://t.co/6uEfU5Hff4