Polish farmers stage protest in Brussels

Some 200 Polish farmers held a protest in Brussels on Tuesday to express their discontent with the compensation rules proposed by the European Commission, Polish Radio reported. “We are here with peppers, apples, cabbage and cucumbers,” said Wiktor Szmulewicz from the Polish Agricultural Chambers Council. “The European Commission’s proposals come too slowly and they feature too little funds. A budget of €125 million for the whole of Europe is definitely too small.” The EC has so far decided to spend €125 million on compensation for farmers hurt by the Russian embargo on produce from western countries, imposed in early August.