Rafał Mekler, entrepreneur and Confederate politician, leader of the protest of Polish carriers on the Polish-Ukrainian border, explains again why Polish carriers protest on the border.
Rafał Mekler: You are a Polish carrier, 1 of many cogs generating 7% of GDP. You're the 1 who's got money for roads, kindergartens, schools, police, fire department, politicians.
Suddenly, the geopolitical situation changes so much that any carriers operating to the east to Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan or Mongolia stay unemployed (employment, sanctions – we do not enter into their legitimacy, we talk about facts).
We have thousands of cars that stay out of transport work. In a minute it turns out that Ukraine is besides falling off as a direction of work, due to the fact that you are incapable to break through with producers with a price. Bo Someone who forces a certain level of burden on you abruptly let an entity into the strategy from these loads free. As a result, you are gaining a strong competitor on the Union marketplace and losing the Ukrainian marketplace (as yet regulated by permits, allowing at least a fewer months to work there until the Ukrainians received a fresh pool of permits).
You are a Polish carrier, 1 of many cogs generating 7% of pkb, thanks to you are the means for roads, kindergartens, schools, police, fire department, politicians.
Suddenly, the geopolitical situation changes adequate that any carriers operating to the east to... pic.twitter.com/NTyDQCAyf7
In the end, the EU theatre of activities has an additional volume of cars looking for loads. The rules regulate request and supply. So more supply=low price for transport. This involves the current recession (no trade=no cargo) which is an accidental deficiency of peace (money likes peace).
This is due to a rapidly developing transport from Ukraine, which, due to low labour costs (no taxes, no regulation) is able to offer a price for little than the lowest possible transport offered by the carrier bound by EU rules.
What are you doing? due to the fact that we went to the border.