Polish President Karol Nawrocki has called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to immediately file a complaint with the European Court of Justice and suspend the provisional application of the European Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur.
Nawrocki expressed serious concern over potential damage to Poland’s agricultural sector, Caliber.Az reports, citing Polish media.
In a letter published on the website of the President’s Office, he warned that implementing the agreement “could lead to irreversible harm and seriously undermine the foundation of our agricultural economy.”
The president stressed that inaction could negatively impact farms, local communities, and the country’s food security.
Nawrocki also highlighted a misstep in the prime minister’s position: the European Parliament had only requested an opinion from the EU Court of Justice, which does not block the provisional application of the deal starting in May 2026.
The Head of State attached a draft complaint to the letter and urged immediate action.
He also proposed legislation to protect the productive function of rural areas, emphasising the importance of farmers’ work for both food security and the broader economy.
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement, signed on January 17, provides export preferences for beef, poultry, dairy products, sugar, and ethanol from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay, while opening their markets to European industry.
While most EU countries supported the deal in early January, Poland, France, Austria, Ireland, and Hungary opposed it.
Critics fear that increased imports of cheap agricultural products could weaken domestic farmers.
The European Parliament’s referral of the matter to the EU Court of Justice has delayed the final vote on the agreement.
By Bakhtiyar Abbasov