French grain growers want reinstatement of customs duties for Ukraine. "Between 2021 and 2023, imports of Ukrainian wheat into the European Union increased 20-fold," said Eric Thirouin, the president of the General Association of Producers of Wheat and Other Cereal Producers.
In an attempt to respond to the anger of farmers, Brussels announced for "sensitive" products - poultry, eggs and sugar - an "emergency brake" to limit the volume of imports to the average levels observed in 2022-2023.