US EditionTractors hit Madrid to protest EU's trade deal with South America
Nearly 200 tractors protested EU trade and policy changes, demanding aid for millions in storm losses and opposing competition with Mercosur countries' less regulated products.
- On Thursday, nearly 200 tractors converged in Seville's city centre in a farmers' city-centre rally organised by Andalusian farmers' organisations.
- Organisers cited recent weather losses and CAP concerns as core grievances, demanding protection from cuts to the EU's common agricultural policy and aid for weather-related heavy losses expected to be in the millions.
- Political leaders from Vox and the left parties Izquierda Unida, Podemos and Adelante Andalucía joined the rally, while María Morales, president of the Seville branch of Asaja, and Antonio Maíllo, federal coordinator for Izquierda Unida, criticized the treaty's stalled status in the European Parliament.
- Lobbying groups urged the Spanish government to oppose the treaty, with Sebastián González, provincial secretary of COAG in Seville, calling it shameful and harmful to Andalusian and broader European agriculture.
- Political critiques from both right and left framed competing risks and responsibilities: Manuel Gavira, Vox spokesperson in Andalucía, blamed PP and socialists over safeguard clauses, while Juan Antonio Delgado and Begoña Iza warned the treaty could be a final blow for many producers.
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Hundreds of tractors roll into Madrid as farmers protest CAP cuts and EU-Mercosur accord
Thousands of farmers and ranchers, alongside hundreds of tractors, rallied in central Madrid on Wednesday to protest expected cuts in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to denounce the European Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur, according to organisers and authorities.
Protesters also expressed their dissatisfaction with the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union, criticizing the government of Pedro Sánchez, as well as the agriculture portfolio, for lack of institutional support.
The Spanish farmers protested against the pact signed in January, which has not yet entered into force. They consider that it harms them by opening the European market to products from the South American countries.
About 1,500 farmers, with 348 tractors, are protesting Wednesday, according to the Iberian government's data, in the centre of Madrid, facing the trade agreement between the EU and the countries of the South American Mercosur bloc and the reduction of funds within the framework of...
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…
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