Spain: He denounces that former PSOE and PP politicians are defending the interests of Moroccan farmers

Published Dec 1, 2024

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The Union of Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Unions has expressed concern over a contract awarded to the Acento consultancy, which includes former politicians from both major Spanish parties, to represent Moroccan interests in negotiations with the European Union. The agricultural union argues that this arrangement could potentially harm Spanish agriculture and is calling on the major parties to establish rules or ethical codes to prevent such conflicts of interest in the future. The union also criticizes the parties for allowing their former contacts to be used to advance the interests of other countries at the expense of Spain.
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Following the news published in the Iberosphere Gazette, which echoes the contract obtained by the Acento consultancy with the Moroccan Government, the Union of Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Unions criticises that the interests of another country are being defended at the expense of Spanish agriculture, precisely by people who have been part of different governments at the state and regional level or have been in opposition. The Acento consultancy, made up of former politicians from both parties – Pepe Blanco, Alfonso Alonso and Elena Valenciano, among others – has obtained a contract through which it will mediate on behalf of Morocco with the European Union, which means going against the interests of Spanish farmers, according to the agricultural organisation. The Union criticises that the two major parties allow contacts from when they were active to be used to do business “at the expense of Spanish interests” and asks that they implement tools or ethical codes to avoid this ...
Source: Agroclm

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