On Monday morning, EU ambassadors decided to postpone the decision on safeguard clauses for farmers in the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur until January. The vote was originally scheduled for 22 December. According to media reports, the EU plans to sign an agreement on 12 January. To these reports in a sharp speech He's made his point. president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.
President Nawrocki powerfully opposes the Mercosur Agreement, which will lead to the demolition of European agriculture and which will benefit only a fewer German technological industries. – The agreement with Mercosur is global, covers thousands of products that can flood Poland, destruct Polish agriculture and another industries. The proposed safeguard clauses for respective product groups will not change anything. It's like spreading a screen before a tsunami. president Karol Nawrocki called.
"I have been saying "NO" from the beginning for the EU agreement with MERCOSUR. The defence of Polish agriculture against its effects was included in my legislative initiative in August 2025. I spoke about this in Paris during the gathering with president Macron, I spoke about it in Italy during the gathering with Prime Minister Meloni, our geopolitical arguments in the context of this agreement and the usage of Russian agricultural inputs in South American countries I presented to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The dangers resulting from the agreement with the Mercosur countries were identified during my lecture at Charles University in Prague" – wrote the president on X.
According to president Nawrocki, it is simply a mistake to conclude trade agreements for products manufactured in Poland and Europe. "It means unfair competition and lower quality. specified a mistake was made many years ago in trade relations with China. Now Polish farmers and Polish companies are to be the victims," he stressed.
Nawrocki pointed out the wellness hazard of importing inexpensive food from South America. "Food safety is production close to the consumer, not food imports from 10,000 km away. It is unacceptable to import food produced utilizing banned substances in the EU for 20 years, harmful to the wellness of Poles," he noted.
The president of Poland besides appealed to the ruling coalition to uphold Polish interests in the EU. ‘By 2023 there was a blocking minority. The last time, besides during the Polish Presidency, was its squanderment. Now you're celebrating clauses that are illusion. Acceptance for this agreement is simply a disaster. Prime Minister, you gotta build a blocking minority, not talk!” Nawrocki concluded.
Despite the opposition of many associate States, including Poland, France or Italy, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen planned a journey to Brazil, where she was to sign a food supply agreement with Mercosur countries on behalf of the EU. Its decision, the Head of the EC, was to announce to the Community countries at the next EU summit. The visit was postponed to 20 January due to the opposition of the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, stressing that it would request more time to "soo the farmers" that cheaper poultry and beef meat would not origin them to be pushed out of the market.
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