We already know the official results of the European Parliament elections in Poland. As for the representation of the Polish agricultural community in the new EP, it is very disappointing.
More than 40 Polish farmers and people associated with agriculture took part in this year's EP elections, including three former ministers of agriculture and two vice-presidents. Unfortunately, only five people associated (only associated!) with rural and agricultural issues, including three from the lists of Confederation – a party that is at odds with the EU – gained sufficient support to sit on the benches of the European Parliament.
The European elections were lost by the ministers and deputy ministers of agriculture: Robert Telus, Anna Gembicka, Gabriel Janowski, Stefan Krajewski, Jacek Bogucki, but also by farmers and senators Ryszard Bober and Leszek Galemba. Konrad Krupiński, a farmer known from social media, and Juliusz Młodecki, a farmer and president of the National Association of Rapeseed and Protein Crops Producers, as well as Łukasz Komorowski, one of the leaders of agricultural protests, did not get into the European Parliament.
And which of the new MEPs is most comfortable with rural and agricultural issues? It turns out that Anna Bryłka (Confederation), Tomasz Buczek (Confederation), Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (Confederation), Krzysztof Hetman (PSL) and Marta Wcisło (PO). To this list we can also add the name of Beata Szydło (PiS), who quite often spoke on agricultural issues in the previous EP, or Anna Zalewska (!), who was visible (and heard) especially in the recently organized debates on agricultural issues before the elections on June 9 .
It can therefore be said that Polish farmers do not have their representatives in the new EP, and what is worse, the forecasts will probably come true and Poland will no longer have a significant influence on any agricultural policy in the EU.
And Polish farmers will miss Janusz Wojciechowski….
Meanwhile, the problems faced by MEPs in the new term of the European Parliament are enormous. According to the editor-in-chief of the portal farmer.pl, Iwona Dyba, three issues will focus attention on agricultural issues: the revision of the Green Deal, agri-trade issues related to Ukraine's entry into the Community, as well as the need to build the resilience of European agriculture to crises.
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