Unión de Uniones calls for a tractorade on February 11 in Madrid due to the problems plaguing the countryside.

The Union of Farmers' and Livestock Farmers' Unions has called for a tractor protest in Madrid on February 11 to denounce the problems that continue to affect the countryside, its state coordinator, Luis Cortés, pointed out this Monday. Cortés stated that "both the Popular Party and the Socialist Party are supporting misguided policies in the agricultural sector, both at the national level and at the level of Brussels." In its 2025 report, released this Monday, the agrarian organization has described the year as "one of the toughest for the Spanish primary sector," due to "the accumulation of animal health problems, extremely high production costs, episodes of climate emergency, and agricultural policies of dubious orientation towards the sector." Specifically, it criticized the proposed community budget for 2028-2034, which, according to the organization, involves a 22% cut in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its dilution in multisectoral plans. Furthermore, the Union of ...