Poland calls for extension to embargo on Ukrainian grain

A temporary EU ban on Ukrainian grain imports, introduced after Poland and four other eastern EU countries complained about cheap Ukrainian produce flooding the market, is set to expire on September 15. Warsaw now not only wants to extend the ban but expand it and include honey too.

"The Polish government would say that they are doing it because they absolutely need to in order to protect the interests of farmers who are faced with Ukrainian agricultural imports," said Gulliver Cragg, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Ukraine.

"The Ukrainians are saying this is just pre-election populism in Poland; there is an election just a month from now in which the rural vote will be crucial."