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Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November have reached an agreement on "certain conditions" with the government and will suspend their protest on Wednesday at 11:00 GMT, an organiser said. Polish drivers had been demanding that the European Union reinstate a system whereby Ukrainian companies need permits to operate in the bloc and the same for European truckers entering Ukraine.
I found the text on this website.
As I understand it, the reference point for the past perfect continuous is the moment the Polish truckers reached the agreement mentioned in the text. At that point, they suspended their demands. But since they have only recently stopped demanding what they were demanding, I wonder if the use of the present perfect continuous "have been demanding" would also be justified in this case.
I found the text on this website.
As I understand it, the reference point for the past perfect continuous is the moment the Polish truckers reached the agreement mentioned in the text. At that point, they suspended their demands. But since they have only recently stopped demanding what they were demanding, I wonder if the use of the present perfect continuous "have been demanding" would also be justified in this case.
