EU countries were disappointed at the Commission over the business agreement with Ukraine
AdvertisementBy Temporary Business Agreement between EU and Ukraine Expiring on June 5, member states expressed their dissatisfaction with the European Commission’s endless negotiations on the future agreement of the European Commission.
Tensions were revealed during a session of the monthly meeting of the EU ministers in Brussels on Monday, and at that time, the representatives of the member states expressed their frustration on the Commission that they could not reach an agreement with Ukraine, and two sources close to the meeting, despite the long time to do so.
According to a person, many ministers said they were not happy that they did not reach a standard and permanent agreement with Ukraine.
Others insisted that the long -term solution to liberalize trade with Ukraine should have been a priority to the Commission, which has the only ability to negotiate business contracts.
Currently, the trade between the European Union and Ukraine is managed by autonomous trading activities (MCA), which temporarily suspends all customs and continuous rights in Ukrainian agricultural exports. These measures were introduced in response to the large -scale invasion of Russia in 2022.
However, the MCA regime expires next week and cannot be renewed again because it has been extended once.
The Commission has failed since the end of 2024 to establish a formal alternative with the upcoming expiration date.
“It is no secret that conversations are taking place between the commission and Ukraine. They are still at the beginning.”.
The necessary immunization measures compared to the stagnation of negotiations
The Commission has prepared the unstable arrangements used until the review of the comprehensive and deep free free trade zone (ZClaa) is completed and the review contract is ready to collect the gap that has been stagnant in business negotiations.
These temporary measures were recognized last week as a precautionary precaution by EU ambassadors.
Sikkerski noted that new measures to reproduce the regulations of the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union are “less firm” than the MCA regime on the borders relating to the Ukrainian agricultural imports.
At the meeting, the Commission reiterated its aim of abandoning temporary solutions and establishing a more stable trade structure.
“Farmers and shareholders on both sides need priority to plan the future,” European Agricultural Commissioner Christof Hanson said to the ministers, according to information shared by spokespersons.
Hanson added that the Commission has been actively involved with members of the Ukrainian government to reach a uniform agreement that reflects the interests of both sides.
Agriculture is too muchSensitivity. The MCA Agreement has created negative reactions in many EU countries, ie, in France and Poland, farmers have protested the increase in Ukrainian imports since the launch of business sanctions.
In this regard, the commissioner has promised ministers, and unstable actions have not introduced new groups or increasing recognized imports for Ukrainian products.
Ukraine appeals to rapid action
The meeting began with the allocation of Vitali Cowl of Ukrainian Agricultural and Food Policy, which urged the European Union to quickly achieve a new free trade mechanism and find a uniform solution on the number of numbers, according to the EU sources.
Cowell recalled EU ministers that Ukraine was struggling to protect European values and emphasized the latest number Three nights in a series of Russian attacksThis severely affected the country’s infrastructure.
In his presentation, Gowal emphasized the importance of the agricultural sector to Ukraine. The European Union’s source stated that Ukrainian agriculture was seven times more important than the other EU country, and one of the five Ukrainians worked in the field.
Cowell also cited a 20.5% drop in agricultural land that is available due to occupation, and the World Bank statistics show that Ukraine has suffered 83.9 billion euros in the loss of agricultural damage and war.
Although the group’s current position is to reduce the amount of market access previously allowed to provide refuge for free trade contracts, Ukraine believes to maintain the same level of access to the EU market.
The Ukrainian minister stressed that 66% of imports from Ukraine came from the European Union, arguing that if Ukraine is a member of the EU, it will occupy the ninth place for agricultural exports.
Koval also said that Ukrainian’s efforts to ensure a future agreement with the Commission, Koval said he had negotiated with the EU farmers’ unions to address the high levels of Ukrainian imports.
