Hungarian carriers threaten to block the border with Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
On December 11, Hungarian road hauliers are staging a protest demanding the cancellation of a transportation agreement in favor of Ukraine, claiming that it harms local companies. They have police permission to hold the demonstration.
The Association of Hungarian Road Transport Contractors MKFE will start a protest on Monday, December 11, will start a protest following the Polish and Slovak Their main demand is the abolition of the "transport visa-free travel for Ukraine. The MKFE Association reported this on its website and noted that it had permission to hold such a demonstration from the police of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county police, reports UNN.
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The protesters say they want to "draw the attention of the of the European Commission and the Hungarian government to the serious consequences of the agreement between European Union, Ukraine and Moldova, which partially liberalizes road transportation and puts many road transportation and puts many Hungarian companies in a critical situation."
The Association reminded that together with representatives of Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, they submitted proposals to the European Commission and the European Parliament regarding the exchange of "transport visa-free travel".
We hope that instead of the current rigid rejection negotiations will move forward and the revision of the agreement between the EU and Ukraine will be more favorable for Hungarian carriers
To recap
The strike of Polish carriers at the border has been going on since November 6. They restricted the movement of freight transport across the Ukrainian-Polish border by blocking the largest checkpoints, including Korczowa-Krakowiec, Hrebenne-Rava Ruska, Dorohusk-Yagodyn, and later the checkpoints Medyka-Shehyni and Krakowiec-Korczowa were blocked.
