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Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu. Photo: PAP/EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

Presidential frontrunner wants to ban Ukrainian grain transit through Romania

Romania’s far-right presidential frontrunner said on Wednesday he will bar continued Ukrainian grain exports through Romania and further military aid to Kyiv if elected, and that Bucharest is not obliged to stick to NATO’s defense spending commitments.

European farmers demonstrating on the side of a meeting of EU agriculture and fisheries ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 26, 2024. The farmers are protesting to highlight their declining incomes, overly complex legislation, and administrative overload. Photo: PAP/EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS

European Commission’s Green Deal demands ‘irrational’: Polish Agriculture Minister

The European Commission imposed large, irrational, and costly demands of the Green Deal, meant to serve the environment and counteract climate change, but in reality, they led to a lot of farms ending up bankrupt, Poland’s Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekierski said on Monday in Brussels