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MADRID, February 13 (EFE) – Spanish farmers held demonstrations and roadblocks for the eighth day in a row on Tuesday.
Similar protests have taken place across Europe in recent weeks, with farmers angry over rising costs and cuts to European Union subsidies.
The Spanish government has convened major agricultural organizations for a new meeting on Thursday.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Luis Planas is scheduled to meet with representatives of agricultural unions on February 15 to find solutions to the problems facing the country’s farmers.
On Tuesday, a group of tractors blocked two main access roads to Barcelona’s Mercabarna wholesale market to accuse Spanish farmers of allowing the sale of products from third countries that do not comply with regulations required of farmers.
Farmers also blocked roads in Tarragona, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Zaragoza and southern Andalusia.
Agricultural mobilization continued on Wednesday with tractor convoys and vehicles in Burgos, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Jaén, Málaga, Palencia, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Toledo, Valladolid, Motril port (Granada) and Mercamadrid port (Madrid). Protests are planned. ).
In addition, self-employed truck drivers and small and medium-sized enterprises affiliated with the National Platform for Transport Defense have called off an indefinite strike they had called for this weekend.
The European Commission on Monday announced an exception to the fallow obligations set out in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), after agricultural protests in other European countries spread to Spain.
The plan would remove rules forcing farmers to leave part of their land uncultivated and allow 4% of their land to be planted with crops such as lentils, peas and beans. Thing. EFE
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