Spain: Protests in the agricultural sector in Madrid, Vitoria, Tarragona and Burgos

Published 2024년 3월 6일

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Farmers and agricultural workers across Europe, particularly in Poland and Spain, are protesting against their governments, accusing them of neglecting their interests. The protests have led to riots in Warsaw, mobilization of olive growers in Madrid, and a tractor rally around the Basque Government headquarters in Vitoria. These demonstrations have resulted in significant traffic disruptions, including a blockade on the AP-7 highway near La Ampolla (Tarragona). The protests are spearheaded by various agricultural organizations such as the UAGA and the Treviño and Álava por el Campo Association.

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This Wednesday -March 6- the protests of the agricultural and livestock sector in our country and other European countries continue. We update the latest information regarding tractor units: Thousands of Polish farmers have demonstrated again in Warsaw in protests that led to riots and sought to increase pressure on the Government, which they accuse of not defending their interests before Brussels. The center of the Polish capital remained inaccessible to traffic due to the massive influx of protests. Many of the olive growers who have mobilized today in Madrid have done so with their donkeys, which are their "agricultural machinery" to collect the olives. They have stood in the center of the capital, even posing a few meters from the Congress of Deputies, to demand the interests of the countryside. They have passed through places such as Calle de Serrano, Plaza de Colón or Paseo de la Castellana. Around 150 tractors have circulated for the second consecutive day through the ...

Source: Agropopular