– If the trend of integrating Ukraine into the EU market continues, the problems will increase – says Krzysztof Bosak, Vice-President of the Sejm on behalf of the Confederation, in an interview with DoRzeczy.pl.
DoRzeczy.pl: The conflict with Ukrainian airlines is expanding. The Slovak Association of Road Transport Operators has decided to block the Vyšné Nemecké-Uzhhorod border crossing on the border with Ukraine from December 1. How should this conflict be resolved?
Krzysztof Bosak: The protesters’ demands include a return to the rules and norms of cooperation that existed before the war, when economic development progressed and trade continued. This is a proposal that can be implemented with the goodwill of the Ukrainian side – unblocking the European Union’s borders towards Ukraine, especially for EU cars, mostly Polish, which come back empty and have to wait half a day instead of a ten days. so days, as is the case now.
This is the blocking of the border by Ukrainian customs officials and the so-called It is difficult to interpret e-queue as anything other than a malicious act against the interests of EU airlines, with the aim of reducing their profitability. The second demand is a return to licensing systems, i.e. restoring the proportions of the number of trips performed in mutual transport between Ukrainian and EU carriers, mainly Polish ones. Both requirements can be met, but this requires Kiev’s permission. In the event of a return to the permit system, this also requires a change in the regulations adopted by Brussels and a return to the previously applicable regulations.
This is the second quite sharp economic conflict with Ukraine recently. Previously we had a grain theme. It is clear that the war in Ukraine has consequences for the economy in Poland. Will the problems increase if the war lasts for a long time?
In my opinion, the economic rivalry between Poland and Ukraine does not stem directly from the war, but from a trend that is very strongly rooted among European, but also among Polish politicians, namely the integration of Ukraine into the European economic space, with the EU -market. Ukraine, due to its lower level of economic development and much lower wages, and at the same time quite highly developed sectors of the economy, such as agriculture and transport, is a serious economic rival for us. War doesn’t have much to do with it.
The problems and current disorder are the result of the removal of regulations that protected the European market from competition from Ukraine. It is the abolition of regulations protecting the European market that is causing the disruption, not the war itself. Therefore, if the trend towards Ukrainian integration with the EU market continues, these problems will increase. We will experience increasing dissatisfaction and unrest in Poland.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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