a German citizen platform called camp started the so-called “strawberry war” and alarmed the Andalusian countryside against it. the alleged boycott from the first European power. Its immediate effects were more secondary and it was on the election campaign that had just begun on 23 July. That Campact has 159,000 followers on Twitter in a country of 83 million inhabitants, or that the ordinary German consumer does not receive this call. boycott it matters little. Suddenly, reactions in Spain range from accusations between the Government of Pedro Sánchez and Juanma Moreno’s Andalucía Junta to statements by the Andalusian Strawberry and Red Fruit Interprofessional Association. (interfressa) describes the campaign, calling for a German boycott, as “insidious and damaging”.
The origin of this war was a platform similar to Campact’s campaign. change.orglaunched last Tuesday and called the country’s major supermarket chains –Edeka, Lidl, Aldi and Rewe– “Not contributing to the drying up of Doñana National Park”. It was one of the campaigns that the platform promotes periodically, and sometimes aimed at the opposite party. pesticideothers against the extreme right Alternative for Germany (AfD) or against child labour.
In German supermarkets, at least for the moment, there is no shock. Local products live there – for example brandenburg strawberriesThe “land” surrounding Berlin – from its equivalents Belgium, Spain, Turkey or Morocco. It should be noted here that the Brandenburger strawberry has a very loyal audience and is lining up every year earlier. street stalls starting later this season because that fruit is sold exclusively and harvest is delayed.
Yes there was a reaction in the chain part Took, but through a statement from Spain where they assured that they would only work with “producers who use water sensibly”. The employers’ association Interfresa assures that it has sent letters to the Spanish public administration and distribution chains expressing their concern about the situation created.
“Stop water theft for cheap strawberries,” she says camp in the campaign. “Because of the cheap strawberries in German supermarkets, Doñana’s national heritage is building in Spain. Edka, Lidl and others are the biggest buyers of dried fruit and now they need to stop selling them.” And he called on supermarket chains on Twitter: “If even the President of the Spanish Government calls for a ban on the sale of Spanish strawberries, what can Lidl, Rewegroup, Aldi and Edeka expect?”
Campact’s current campaign against the Huelva strawberry is not even his first call to action in defense of the Andalusian natural park. Other years coinciding with his arrival german supermarkets The percentage of Spanish strawberries had initiated similar warnings. This time, however, his target skyrocketed, two days after the polls opened following local and regional elections in Spain, and a day after Sánchez pushed the general election to July 23.
Doñana, symbol of desertification
Perhaps the Campact campaign went unnoticed by most. German consumers. But it is true that the name Doñana and the problem of drying up or irregular irrigation originated in the Middle Ages. public television news and other major German reference media. they had been drought and desertification reference Southern Europe is suffering and is moving north beyond the Pyrenees, as evidenced by images of the Rhine, Loire and other depleted European rivers earlier last year.
In this previous information about Doñana, references were made to the Junta de Andalucía’s determination to draw its own roadmap without listening to the European Commission or even Sánchez. In addition, repeated warnings from the Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Struggle, Teresa Ribera, About the position of the Moreno government. Sánchez’s third vice-president took this challenge to Brussels, to Stockholm, thanks to Sweden’s European Union (EU) presidency, and also to successive study visits to Berlin, where he spoke at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in preparation. COP28 will be held in Dubai towards the end of the year.
between berries He refutes the “sneaky” campaign with his own arguments: the strawberry sector in Huelva has a strong commitment to the environment, encouraging research and promoting the sustainability of the region, he continues in his statement. strawberry cultivation and fruits It represents 11.35% of the GDP of the state of Huelva and employs 100,000 people directly and rises to 160,000 people through indirect jobs, he continues. Moreover, the closest farms to Doñana are 35 km from the natural area.