Published: March 26th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Under the impression of renewed, sometimes violent farmers’ protests in Brussels, EU ambassadors will vote on Wednesday on duty-free trade with Ukraine. The vote on last week’s trilogue agreement was postponed several times due to growing criticism among the member states. In addition to Ukraine’s neighbors Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, France has now also openly opposed the agreement and calls for protective measures for agricultural products to take effect more quickly and to be extended to cereals.