Farmers protest in Madrid against the CAP, Mercosur, and announce tractor demonstrations in February.

Around a hundred farmers and ranchers, called by Unión de Uniones, demonstrated this Friday in front of the European Commission (EC) headquarters in Madrid against cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the agreement with Mercosur and have threatened tractor demonstrations on February 11. The farmers and ranchers - from Extremadura, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Asturias - have shown their rejection of the multiannual financial framework of the CAP proposed by Brussels and the signing of agreements like the one with Mercosur, which "harm" the countryside. The national coordinator of Unión de Uniones, Luis Cortés, has called for the complete withdrawal of Brussels' proposal, which would mean 10 billion euros less for the CAP in Spain, he said. Cortés has reiterated the negative effects that trade agreements like the one with Mercosur have for the countryside, a pact that this same Friday the European Union (EU) countries ruled out voting on due to the blockage of ...