The municipal plenary session showed its full support to farmers and transporters, especially from Elche and the province, in the face of the situation that French farmers, immersed in their own conflicts, are experiencing these days in France with blockades and attacks on national products. with the French state.
The mayor himself Pablo Ruzpresented a motion invoice To express, on behalf of all municipal groups, the absolute rejection of “the extortion of pickets against dozens of people from Elche” and to call on the ministries of the Interior, Justice and Agriculture and, finally, the Spanish Government to make a request to this effect. The French government protects shippers. The Elche City Council may become the first in the state to approve a motion in this regard, with the aim of increasing pressure on the Government in the border region.
“Lazy inertia”
Ruz took advantage of this motion to criticize the “lazy inaction” of the Spanish Government, assuring that transporters, including those from Elche, were “threatened, extorted and mistreated”. They carry pomegranates and winter vegetables. In fact, he assured the plenary session that he had just been informed that a truck from a grenade company had to turn back because its safety was not guaranteed.
Vox wanted to draw attention to the “unfair treatment our people have received for years”, implying that this was due to “neglect” by the Spanish government.
For his own sake, because socialist ranks They wanted to remember that these events were “cyclical”, that they happened to governments of all colors, and that there was no room for anti-European rhetoric to prevail here. “This is a problem between the two member states,” said socialist Héctor Díez, adding: “Four days ago the (Central) Government condemned this situation and asked for an explanation from the French Government, and today it carried out a massive mobilization to ensure the guarantee.” security. All our support to Elche farmers”.
“Lethal”
However, Ruz stated that this situation had been going on for four days and that this situation was a “deadly process for transportation action” and insisted on using this issue as ammunition to criticize the central government.
Finally, all groups supported this move of the PP.