The agriculture ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia have inquired with the European Commission over potentially expanding the range of products that fall under so-called exceptional safeguard measures. The pressure follows import bans on Ukrainian grain announced this week by a handful of EU countries under pressure from domestic agricultural producers. European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis discussed the challenges of increased agricultural imports from war-torn Ukraine this week with the same five countries in an effort to avert moves that could "put the internal market at risk" and to maintain unity against Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.
EU's Frontline Agriculture Ministers Seek More 'Exceptional Safeguards' On Ukrainian Imports
Romanian farmers protest in front of the European Commision headquarters in Bucharest on April 7.