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Spanish Farmers Flood Madrid with Tractors in Protest Against Mercosur Deal
Hundreds of tractors rolled into central Madrid on Wednesday as Spanish farmers staged a large-scale protest against the European Union’s trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Arriving in five convoys from across the country, the demonstrators brought traffic in parts of the capital to a standstill as they moved from Plaza Colón to the Ministry of Agriculture. Madrid authorities reported that 367 tractors and approximately 2,500 protesters too…
Agricultural anger is also continuing in Spain with several thousand demonstrators marching in the streets of Madrid to protest against the implementation of the agreement between the European Union
Thousands of farmers and 500 tractors have collapsed on Wednesday Madrid to protest the pact between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur and the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) drawn up by Brussels. Miguel Ángel Aguilera, coordinator of Unaspi, one of the convening organisations, has called on consumers to join these mobilizations, believing that “if the primary sector falls, it will directly affect all citizens of Spain”.
They are convened by the Union of Farmers and Livestock Unions and the National Union of Independent Primary Sector Associations (Unaspi) and are expected to mobilize about 500 vehicles.The farmers protest in the center of Madrid Some 500 tractors and thousands of farmers have traveled this Wednesday Madrid, coming from different points of Spain in a new protest of the countryside, two years after the mobilizations that highlighted the unrest of…
The honks of 500 tractors sound this Wednesday in the center of Madrid to protest against the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2028-2034 and to ensure that the EU-Mercosur trade agreement does not enter into force. Between 8,000 and 10,000 people, according to the organizers, have left from the Plaza de Colón and travel through the walks of Recoletos and the Prado until reaching the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture,…
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