Keys to understanding the debate about Huelva strawberries

so called ‘strawberry war a week passed andBetween Spain and Germany The environmental magazine ‘Ökotest’, targeting consumers, came together for the first time at the end of April with the warning it started by warning about the harmful effects of early strawberry on the environment. One of its episodes highlighted its “destructive” effects. irregular watering Doñana national park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Doñana case and the drought in southern Europe occupied large informative spaces at that time. Third Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera conveyed her warnings over the internet. irregular watering Successive business trips to Brussels, Berlin and other European capitals, supported by the European Commission’s (EC) position.

2nd campaign

platform on May 30 camp launched a call for major supermarket chains Lidl (in Spain the company announced it will continue to work with producers in Huelva), Rewe, Aldi and Edeka- to stop selling “dried strawberries”. He had around 150,000 subscribers at the time, and his influence must have been less. Its spread, however, took place the day after the Spanish local and regional elections and coincided with the same. Announcement by the President that the general elections were postponed to 23 July Pedro Sanchez. Mutual accusations were immediately made between the central government and the Andalucía Junta of the popular Juanma Moreno.

3. Supermarkets

Spanish strawberries had begun to disappear from German shelves by then.. As every year, as soon as the German close strawberry arrives, the imported one disappears at the end of May. In a year when the German harvest arrives a few weeks late to market, some quotas are reserved in case the local fails. This is the response of Rewe and other channels to questions from Spanish media in Germany. They also remember this Red strawberries without a ‘Spring’ certificate are not imported, ie without the manufacturer’s guarantee of efficient water management; Spain’s Aldi insists there is no boycott of Spanish strawberries and recalls its commitment to “producers who use water responsibly”.

4. Deputies

A delegation of 9 members of the Bundestag (Federal Parliament), chaired by green Harald Ebner and with members of the entire German parliamentary spectrum, announced his trip to Doñana last Friday, in complete disarray over the alleged ‘strawberry war’. in his statement implies “water scarcity and consumer protection”, because Spain is in its fifth year of drought and the reservoir is “well below the last 10 years”. There is no relationship between the election campaign and the parliamentary mission, which has been in preparation since the end of May before the 23-J election call. Among the German MPs were both Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s tripartite representatives of the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals, as well as conservative, far-right and Left opposition.

5. Withdrawal

The parliamentary delegation departed on Sunday, but the “Andalusian portion” of the trip was suspended on Monday. The short statement from the Bundestag was justified canceled due to the “great political relevance” of the trip before the next general election. Apparently, what would have been a tour or inspection authorized by the Junta de Andalucía went beyond the usual margins. Germany is beginning to realize a conflict that never existed for the national consumer. major reference media such as the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’, “Spanish boycott of Aldi”Perhaps it will go unnoticed by the consumer, although, in the critical spirit of this medium, German strawberries may be flavored with an “insecticide cocktail.” Campact added nearly 14,000 subscribers a week and a day after launching its media campaign. Thus, it stands at 164,000 in a country of 83.7 million inhabitants, far from its announced target of 200,000.