 Slovak road hauliers started blocking the country's main border crossing point with Ukraine on December 1, joining Polish protests in demanding that the European Union reintroduce a permit system for Ukrainian competitors, Polish drivers have been blocking several crossings to Ukraine since November 6. That blockade has redirected some traffic through Slovakia, causing hundreds of trucks to pile up for kilometers on the approach to the border truckers from Poland and Slovakia both complain that their Ukrainian peers offer cheaper prices for their services and also transport goods within the EU rather than just between the block and Ukraine. They demand the EU reinstate a system of granting a limited number of permits to Ukrainian companies to operate in the block and for European truckers to enter Ukraine. The permits were abolished after Russia's invasion.