Polish truckers are blockading Ukraine border crossings

AFP ^ | Nov 16 | AFP

[RandFan]

Polish trucking representatives said Thursday that they would expand a border protest against Ukraine by blocking another crossing for cargo vehicles over what they call unfair competition from the war-torn country.

Kyiv had said earlier Thursday that it failed to reach an agreement in new talks with Polish transport companies that have been blocking cargo at three major border points for almost two weeks.

The Polish truckers say the easing of EU access rules in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to an influx of unfair Ukrainian competition, taking a serious toll on their earnings.

Kyiv has rejected their demand to renew the need for EU entry permits for Ukrainian hauliers.

One of the protest organisers, Tomasz Borkowski, told AFP that they would expand the blockade to the Medyka crossing point starting Monday.

The 11-day protest has caused huge queues on both sides of the border.

[RandFan]

I had no idea about this. Interesting.

[Reverend Wright]

This war is a tragedy that is ending in farce.

[wildcard_redneck]

Ukrainians are the Mexicans of Europe apparently.

[Moltke]

That's pretty funny, actually. About 90% of trucks on German autobahns have Polish plates (the rest Romanians, Latvians,...). Guess they didn't ask German truckers how they feel about that.