“The only country I am an agent is Poland”

Joint press conference of the Confederates with the leaders of the protest of the carriers attended by Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Krzysztof Bosak and representatives of the protesters Łukasz Białasz and Rafał Mekler.

Krzysztof Bosak:
– For the 3rd week, despite frost, crossings at the border are blocked in 3 places in Dorohusk, Hrebenn, Korczowa from 6 November. The border crossing in Medica is besides blocked by farmers solidarity with carriers.
Polish carriers request that the government start acting in favour of the Polish transport industry. That communicative started last year. We had a informing protest around Warsaw in the spring. We had a parliamentary squad organised by the Confederation on this substance in the Sejm. The problem was widely ignored by all political options, by the government, large media, until it exploded with doubled force.

– The reason is the expansion of the Ukrainian transport manufacture into the Polish market. Until 1 point, we had a balance between the Polish transport manufacture and the Ukrainian transport industry. We had open markets in the east. Everyone drove, made money, got along better or worse. Somehow this worked through a balance provided by a strategy of global arrangements called strategy of transport licences.
European Union 1 irresponsible decision – no erstwhile economical analysis, a decision supported by the Polish government, at the time of its introduction and extension until next year – the full strategy deleted. It's all gone. No control. To the degree that the number of flights carried out by Ukrainian carriers has increased respective times. Right now. The share of Poles in these transports decreased to a fewer percent. It was about half before.

– This caused the economical model of the operation of Polish transport companies to break down. They wouldn't be on the border if they could make money. But they can't anymore. They gotta choose whether their trucks are to stand by their homes or stand at the border. Of the 2 evils they like to fight for their rights. ...

Rafał Mekler:
– I'd like to unenchant a fewer curses. We hear in the media that Ukrainian drivers have nothing to eat, endure cold in cars. all truck that drives somewhere else has parking heater. We have frequently witnessed Ukrainian drivers unhooking saddle tractors and driving to shops. The marketplace in the town where this protest is held is practically full of these drivers.

– I would like to address 1 of our demands - the crossing of the east border. The Ukrainian side created the eCherga system. It's called an e-rail. A strategy that actually benefits Ukrainian carriers. The line on the border on that side now reaches up to 14 days. I'm not talking about the passages we're blocking. We are talking about 2 passages in Nizankowice and in Zosina, where these are passages only for empty vehicles. We don't block these passages. In this passage you must anticipate 12-14 days to leave Ukraine. Only the difference is that the Polish carrier is sitting 14 days in the car. The Ukrainian carrier sends his driver home, who sits in heat, with his family, in comfortable conditions. He's just checking his line on the phone. This is the main problem that caused this protest. This clear injustice. ...
Ukrainian drivers standing on the Polish side by protest stand at the border about 7-8 days. This is inactive half of what our trucks are standing in Ukraine. Police, this is an authoritative announcement, serving 5.5 days. So that's little than our vehicles on the Ukrainian side, even though we're blocking! ...

– We are gathering a immense propaganda conflict from Ukrainian media. They show us as Russian onus, Russian agents. The only country I am an agent is Poland. In May of that year we blocked the crossing in Koroszczyno [Polish-Belarusian border]. due to the fact that the same situation afraid Belarusian and Russian carriers. We stand in Poland's interest. (,,)