The so-called ‘strawberry war’, which has been going on for a week between Spain and Germany, came to a head at the end of April, for the first time, when the environmental magazine ‘Ökotest’, targeting consumers, warned about its harmful effects on the environment. early strawberry medium. One of its episodes highlighted its “destructive” effects. irregular watering Doñana Natural Park is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. 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 RiberaHe delivered his warnings about irregular irrigation on successive business trips to Brussels, Berlin and other European capitals, supported by the stance of the European Commission (EC).
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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 of developments 23 July general elections by President Pedro Sánchez. Mutual accusations were immediately made between the central government and the Andalucía Junta of the popular Juanma Moreno.
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 that red strawberries were not imported without a ‘Spring’ certificate, that is, 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”.
deputies
A delegation of 9 deputies from the Bundestag (Federal Parliament), chaired by the green Harald Ebner and made up of members from the entire German parliamentary spectrum, announced their trip to Doñana last Friday in utter turmoil over the so-called ‘strawberry war’. The statement referred to “water scarcity and consumer protection”, that Spain is experiencing its fifth year of drought and that 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.
Back off
The parliamentary delegation departed on Sunday, but the “Andalusian portion” of the trip was suspended on Monday. A brief statement from the Bundestag justified the cancellation because of the “great political relevance” the trip had gained ahead of the upcoming Spanish national elections. 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” echo the “Spanish boycott of Aldi”, but in the critical spirit of that medium they suggest that German strawberries can be flavored with a “cocktail of pesticides”, perhaps unnoticed. Consumer. 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.