Donald Tusk's government simply pretends to defend Polish agriculture against an agreement with the Mercosur group imposed by the Germans. Last week, the European Commission took an highly crucial step towards the conclusion of a trade agreement with a group of South American countries, ratifying the agreement reached last December.
Jakub Wozinski
The agreement must then be adopted by the Council of the European Union with the acceptance of a minimum of 55% of associate States representing at least 65% of the full population. The full procedure besides requires the consent of the European Parliament, in which a simple majority is required.
German rape against Europe
Unfortunately, there is simply quite a few evidence that, after the negotiations of up to a 4th of a century, a large deal is yet materialising in front of us in a European state with a group of South American countries. The election of Donald Trump to the office of president of the United States led European leaders to make hastily up for their mediocre economical relations with the American partner. Clearly, it is not Donald Trump who is liable for the EU-Mercosur agreement, but possibly if he had never been elected to office, negotiations on the trade agreement would inactive not have been settled.
To remind you, the core of the EU-Mercosur agreement is to open the European marketplace to agricultural products from Brazil and Argentina in exchange for the analogous beginning of South American markets to the European automotive and chemical industries. Contract supporters talk about the largest trade deal in history, facilitating trade for a full of 780 million people. There is besides much talk about the "free market" nature of the agreement, which clearly contradicts fundamental facts. The content of the agreement forms a complicated, hundreds of pages of document, making at most specified shufflings in legal mechanisms which are extended to the main beneficiaries of the agreement, i.e. Germans.
The EU-Mercosur agreement is in fact a large rape by the Germans and their closest allies to the remainder of the community. Berlin had long since ceased to feel obligated to make appearances of following the good of the full community. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made it clear at the very beginning of his government that the agreement with the Mercosur Group "does not fall within the framework of national competences but within the framework of European competence". Its current form can clearly be satisfied mainly by Germans who, following the systemic crisis of their automotive industry, are urgently seeking fresh outlets.
The apparent opposition of Tusk
Until recently, it may have seemed that the ratification of the agreement would be blocked by France. Emmanuel Macron not only traveled to South America to communicate his reasons, but besides stated openly that he would veto the agreement if needed. However, the European Union's spectacular defeat in the trade dispute with the United States has made France's position soften. Counting failure of easy access to the US market, The French are willing to compensate for the expansion situation in South America. In particular, the European Commission has planned a €6.3 billion peculiar crisis fund for French agricultural producers.
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However, even if the French authorities yet decided to stiffen their position and reject the agreement on the last straight, Poland's position may be crucial. Donald Tusk has since the very beginning of his regulation staged opposition to the commercial agreement, although his attitude and many statements uncover that he absolutely does not intend to argue the Germans. Although the leader of the ruling camp gives assurances that he will vote against the Mercosur group's agreement, he almost immediately stresses that he is incapable to convince the majority of countries to take his position.
Tusk's words would be more credible if, in fresh days and weeks, any noticeable effort at diplomatic offensives continued. After all, the full substance is inactive not settled and much can change in fresh days. Tusk, however, chose satisfactory Germans to disarm idleness.
Unfortunately, the Prime Minister's inaction can translate into a large drama of Polish farmers and agricultural producers. Flooding the European marketplace in low-quality products and, in addition to those produced with a serious breach of wellness and wellness rules, can contribute to the collapse of full industries. Above all, the utmost hypocrisy of Eurocrats, who have late announced the inauguration of the Green Deal, including the strategy "From Field to Table". It turned out that whenever the German interest so requires, the full ecology and the thought of basing agriculture on small-scale production are taken in very deep brackets, and utilizing pesticides, Latin American funders can freely sale their products on the Old Continent.
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The European Commission, in subjection to Germany, seeks to prove at all costs that the steps taken by it will importantly alleviate any inconvenience. The next multi-annual budget for the payment of compensation to the agricultural sector was promised to set aside as much as EUR 300 billion. The agreement besides includes a commitment from the Mercosur Group that it will respect the rules of climate policy in accordance with the Paris Agreement of 2016.
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In practice, no of the "softening" measures of the basic points of the trade agreement can change the fact that the EU-Mercosur Agreement is simply a major blow to both Polish and European agriculture. No crisis fund or even more vague climate policy implementation declaration is able to compensate for the fact that the marketplace will shortly be virtually flooded with inexpensive and low quality goods from South America.
The full case besides has a second, seldom mentioned background. The main food producers in the Mercosur countries, as in Ukraine, are large global players, who, as you can see, can execute very effective lobbying. From now on, Brussels is not considered a paradise for all the force groups that dictate the law for average and tiny actors. The wide beginning of Europe to food from Mercosur countries would so mean unequal clashes between native producers and giants erstwhile Poland is already facing unfair, duty-free competition from the Ukrainian side.
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The last wave of protests related to the ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement took place late last autumn. In fresh days, however, farmers have reappeared in Brussels and will most likely not leave it soon. Dispute protests can besides be expected in Poland, as the attitude of Donald Tusk's government proved to be 1 large disappointment for all concerned. Polish farmers expressed their frustration before, but this time they were actually against the wall. Subsequent EU funds launched to shed tears cannot change the fact that, together with the EU-Mercosur agreement, the very foundations of Polish agriculture have been threatened.
