The protection racket that is the EU swings into action as they allow several members to block Ukraine wheat. One of the reasons Ukraine may never get into the EU. Dutch farmers are not very happy with EU directives buying their farms.
Another rubbish . .
EU countries bordering Ukraine allowed its food products to be transited through their territories , to be sold / delivered to the rest of the world.
No checks were introduced after products entered these countries …
They could simply seal the loads or introduce repayable transit bonds for the goods but they did not , and it was their fault .
Because Ukrainian agricultural products are much cheaper than EU’s, lots of food traders bought and stored in places ( silos , warehouses etc) , where local farmers used to store their products.
Local farmers were hit by lower prices they had to accept for their products to compete with Ukrainian food , and lack of capacity in the storage facilities for their own crops.
Because farmers are big part of electorate - governments prohibited bringing food products from Ukraine , but only temporarily .
Since then - proper checks have been introduced and transit resumed .
It is beyond stupid to say, that EU is protection racket …
It was EU that allowed unconditional imports of Ukrainian food to the EU in the first place - and that still stands .