>**Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordered over 82,000 apples to hand out at events celebrating the country’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.**
>Designated the official fruit of Poland’s EU leadership, the apples will be provided to participants at meetings and gatherings linked to the six-month presidency, according to the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
>This initiative follows a similar strategy adopted in 2011, when Poland highlighted strawberries during its previous term at the EU helm, ordering nearly three tonnes of the fruit for distribution.
>As Europe’s largest apple producer and the fourth-largest globally, Poland’s prominence in the sector is undeniable.
>The nation boasts 150,000 hectares of apple orchards—the most extensive in the EU—and 80,500 orchards collectively yield approximately 4 million tonnes of apples annually.
>Poland assumed the EU Council presidency for the second time on January 1, 2025, after previously holding the position in the latter half of 2011.
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!ping POLAND&EUROPE
I’m just as stunned as you guys are.
>**Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordered over 82,000 apples to hand out at events celebrating the country’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.**
>Designated the official fruit of Poland’s EU leadership, the apples will be provided to participants at meetings and gatherings linked to the six-month presidency, according to the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
>This initiative follows a similar strategy adopted in 2011, when Poland highlighted strawberries during its previous term at the EU helm, ordering nearly three tonnes of the fruit for distribution.
>As Europe’s largest apple producer and the fourth-largest globally, Poland’s prominence in the sector is undeniable.
>The nation boasts 150,000 hectares of apple orchards—the most extensive in the EU—and 80,500 orchards collectively yield approximately 4 million tonnes of apples annually.
>Poland assumed the EU Council presidency for the second time on January 1, 2025, after previously holding the position in the latter half of 2011.
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!ping apples