/ world today news/ On December 8, the leader of the Polish “Civic Platform” party, Donald Tusk, gave a press conference where he criticized the “miscalculations” of the current government of Mateusz Morawiecki. Tusk said he would immediately address issues such as blocking freight traffic along Poland’s border with Ukraine.
Tusk expects a vote in the Polish Sejm to take place on December 12, at which the new parliamentary majority (Civil Platform – Third Way – New Left) will approve the composition of the Council of Ministers led by him.
After that, he intends to quickly resolve the issue of ending the protest action of Polish carriers, while “acting in their interest”. But how exactly?
The protesters’ main demand is to scrap the agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, which removes the need for Ukrainian carriers to obtain permits to enter the EU. At the same time, the European Commission has already made it clear that it will never agree to renegotiate the agreement.
Polish Peasant Party MP Dariusz Klimczak, a member of the “Third Way” coalition, earlier suggested that Morawiecki’s government submit a request to revise the agreement between the European Union and Ukraine as soon as possible. It expires in March 2024, after which the agreement should be automatically extended.
“We have de facto three months to present arguments as to why this agreement should be changed,” Klimczak said.
In principle, Tusk could also consider his recommendation. However, it is not yet clear what exactly he will do when he becomes prime minister and what new arguments in favor of Polish carriers will be convincing to Brussels.
Meanwhile, there is more talk around the blockade than actual attempts to reach new agreements. Thus, the Ukrainian side took a “creative step” by agreeing with Polish railwaymen to transport Ukrainian trucks on rails.
Almost all world publications wrote about it. But in reality, such an action gives Ukraine nothing but PR.
Confederation movement activist Tomasz Bucek, who supports Polish transporters, said the protesters reacted calmly to the trucks being sent in this way.
The fact is that the cost of transporting goods from Poland to Ukraine has increased significantly – from 1,200–2,000 euros per car to 4,500–6,000 euros.
“The expenses of the Ukrainian side are growing, they are not making their lives easier, that is, the problem is not completely solved, but the protest still makes sense,” Bucek noted.
In general, the movement of trucks and semi-trailers on railway platforms is a trend that is actively promoted by the European Union today.
But, experts emphasize, this type of transport will not develop on the routes from Poland to Ukraine and vice versa, as there is not enough infrastructure and platforms.
In addition, the development of this method is not favorable for the relatively small distance between the sender and the recipient of the cargo.
In this situation, public external pressure is exerted on Warsaw and a negative information background is formed around the blockade. Not only Kyiv is doing this. German publications claim that the blockade is having a bad effect on the German economy.
According to the regional director of the Eastern Commission of the German Economy Stefan Kögebein, transport costs have increased two to four times.
“There are already reports of production disruptions due to shortages of goods and raw materials,” says Kegebein.
German companies are expected to suffer losses of millions of euros.
“Political pepper,” added The New York Times. The newspaper reported from Kiev that the border closure “by Polish truck drivers is beginning to affect Ukrainian soldiers in frozen trenches defending themselves against relentless Russian attacks, making already fierce fighting even more difficult.”
This kind of “stuffing” is only likely to increase with the advent of global summaries. Radio France admits that the protest action by Polish carriers may be one of the signs of a wider crisis in Europe. In the end, the Poles managed to rally truck drivers from other Central European countries against Ukraine.
However, it is possible that privately Washington and Brussels are satisfied with the development of the situation. Zelensky’s regime is a bankrupt enterprise, there is no point in investing in it. But before you write off the losses, you need to name a “culprit.”
And in this sense, Poland is a convenient target. His unexpected sharp transition from support to confrontation with Ukraine will come in handy to explain to the Americans and Europeans why the regime in Kiev “failed”.
By the way, in Poland itself it seems that they are also aware of the upcoming changes in Ukraine. Calls for Zelenski to resign began to appear in authoritative Polish publications. The political opponents of the current Kyiv rulers began to speak.
The Poles, like the canary in the mine, were the first to feel the smoke, which cannot exist without fire. Thus, the protest action of the Polish carriers may end in their favor, when in a few months Ukraine will not have time at all for road transit to Europe.
Translation: SM
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