Poland opposes the EU-Mercosur free trade deal with South American countries in its current form, the prime minister said on Tuesday, joining France in standing against an agreement European farmers say will expose them to unfair competition.

In addition to Paris and Warsaw, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands are also concerned about the free-trade agreement's impact on their agricultural sectors. Yet, at this stage, they have not all committed themselves.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the agreement would expose European farmers to unfair competition, citing concern for his country's food security, an opinion that France representatives reinforced.

Poland's prime minister said on Tuesday that his government would not back a trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries, amid resistance from farmers across Europe.

Poland is looking to join forces with France and Italy to block a trade deal between the European Union and Latin America’s Mercosur bloc that’s been a quarter of a century in the making.

Poland and France oppose the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement, citing concerns over unfair competition for European farmers. The deal, which Brazil is pushing to finalize, would open EU markets to South American agricultural products.

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture opposes signing a trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries, stated Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Czesław Siekierski, in a press conference on Friday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has broken silence on EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.On Tuesday, he claimed that Warsaw won’t be accepting the free trade deal negotiated by the European Union and the Mercosur bloc.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he hoped a trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc would be signed by the end of this year, even as it faced opposition,

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he wanted to send a “political message” that Warsaw could not accept the current terms of a trade deal that would hurt its agricultural sector. Poland is the EU’s biggest poultry producer.