The protest by Spanish farmers overflowed this Tuesday, and in addition to blocking dozens of communication routes, many of them highways, and attempting to boycott some logistics centers, they maintain the marches without knowing for sure when they will end.
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The vast majority of farmers who participated in the protests this Tuesday came individually, after being summoned in social media groups that had been organizing these events for days to demand changes in the demands of European green policies, in trade agreements. international aid and aid for the drought, among other points.
As the day progressed, apart from the protests called for the coming weeks by agricultural professional organizations, Incidents with blockades affected a wide range of the state highway map, especially blockades at strategic points on several highways..
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The participants also focused on large logistics centers and managed to block access to the port of Malaga (south) and the Mercazaragoza distribution platform, in the city of Zaragoza (north), while a group of farmers in Ávila (center) did so. They tried in the Spanish capital, Mercamadrid, but a police cordon prevented them.
During the day, which continues the wave of protests in other European countries such as France, Portugal and Italy, There were no major incidents, other than the sporadic arrest of some farmers..
Farmers with their tractors march this Tuesday through the streets of the center of Zaragoza.
Industry support
The producers had the support of agricultural businesses and cooperatives that interrupted their activity in various parts of the country as a gesture of solidarity and of the Platform in Defense of the transportation sector, which announced a strike starting next Saturday.
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Meanwhile, the agricultural professional organizations (Asaja, COAG and UPA), which will begin their demands in the coming days, expressed their respect for the farmers and ranchers who went out to protest this Tuesday despite not having permits, although they defended their work and the calendar of their mobilizations.
For its part, the Spanish Confederation of Freight Transport (CETM) claimed in writing to the Government that immediately take all necessary measures to guarantee the free movement of people and goods throughout Spanish territory.
The Government's response
Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, reiterated the Executive's commitment to the primary sector, after highlighting that it is “at the side” of farmers and will “always protect, accompany and support them.”
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In his speech after the Council of Ministers this Tuesday, he recalled that 139,756 farm owners will be able to receive extraordinary aid to compensate for the difficulties due to drought and war in Ukraine, for an amount of 268.7 million euros.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, pointed out that the security forces are working to guarantee both the right to protest that farmers are exercising on the roads and that of all citizens to access essential services.
Farmers with their tractors march this Tuesday through the streets of the center of Zaragoza.
Brussels' reaction
The protests of farmers in several European countries caused the European Union to adopt a first relevant decision: The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that she will withdraw the proposal for a new law on the sustainable use of phytosanitary products.
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The Business Association for the Protection of Plants (Aepla), which represents the interests of the phytosanitary industry in Spain, expressed its “confidence” that the new Commission will work with “more rational criteria”, after the European elections next June.
EFE
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