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Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras Polish: Rolnicy od Bałtyku do Tatr | |
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| Abbreviation | RBT[1] |
| Chairman | Henryk Połcik[1] |
| Vice-Chairmen | Andrzej Bęben[1] Mariusz Woźniak[1] |
| Secretary | Jerzy Strząska[1] |
| Treasurer | Paweł Stąporek[2] |
| Founder | Andrzej Bęben[2] |
| Founded | 18 April 2024[3] |
| Registered | 24 April 2024[3] |
| Headquarters | Łukawka 28, 27-532 Wojciechowice[2] |
| Ideology | Peasant movement[4] |
| Colours | Green[1] |
| Slogan | Decalogue the guide of the farmers (Polish: Dekalog drogowskazem rolników)[1] |
| Sejm | 0 / 460
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| Senate | 0 / 100
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| European Parliament | 0 / 51
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| Regional assemblies | 0 / 552
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| City presidents | 0 / 107
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| Powiat Councils | 0 / 6,170
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| Gmina Councils | 0 / 39,416
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The Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras (Polish: Rolnicy od Bałtyku do Tatr, RBT) is a Polish electoral committee registered for the 2024 European Parliament election in Poland. It was founded on 18 April 2024 and was then registered on 24 April. Before being registered, it was called to correct irregularities that the National Electoral Commission found during the registration of the committee.[5] Its founders are farmers from a small village of Wojciechowice in Opatów County, in Eastern Poland.[6] It is considered one of the agrarian electoral committees founded by farmers in wake of the 2024 Polish farmers' protests, which sparked Polish farmers' protests against the policies of the European Union.[4] The demands of the protesting farmers include abolishing or reforming the European Green Deal, along with preventing the entrance of Ukrainian grain and sugar into Polish markets.[7]
In its program, the electoral committee puts heavy emphasis on the development of hydroelectricity in Poland, believing that if developed, it could cover most of the Polish elecricity demand. It also proposes reforms that would make the European Union more supportive of agriculture and farmers. It postulates the implemention of waterway projects in Poland that would then be integrated into larger European waterway systems.[8] The proposals of the Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras also include training for African farmers and an intership program that would enable them to undergo training on European farms, along with modernization of Polish healthcare system that would improve healthcare access in the Polish countryside.[1] The committee believes that the post-1989 capitalist reforms in Poland failed the Polish countryside, resulting in rural poverty and lack of healthcare.[9]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Połcik, Henryk (2024). "Rolnicy od Bałtyku do Tatr" (in Polish).
- ^ a b c "KOMITET WYBORCZY WYBORCÓW ROLNICY OD BAŁTYKU DO TATR w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego w 2024 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). 2024.
- ^ a b "UCHWAŁA NR 241/2024 PAŃSTWOWEJ KOMISJI WYBORCZEJ z dnia 24 kwietnia 2024 r." (PDF). wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Polska straci wpływ na politykę rolną w Unii Europejskiej?". polskarola.pl (in Polish). 2 May 2024.
- ^ Żak, Karol (22 April 2024). "PKW zarejestrowała 35 komitetów wyborczych w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego". rfm24.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Andrzej Bęben, Łukawka, powiat opatowski". echodnia.eu (in Polish). 2024.
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