Rural people took to the streets and did so with the roads in mind. It happened all over Spain, it was also in the province of Alicante and everything In order to condemn the critical situation of the sector and to demand mitigating measures from both the EU, the central government and the autonomous communities.Q. But these initial mobilizations were called for through social networks and There is no support from agricultural professional organizations that have distanced themselves from them to maintain their roadmap.In the case of the Alicante region, this will consist of a major protest on the 16th, which will affect the A-7 and other communication routes.
The call by messaging groups and networks received a significant response in the Vega Baja area at approximately Tuesday afternoon. 70 tractors gathered in the municipality of Albatera and started a march with protest banners that took them to Orihuela passing N-340 and CV-930, among other roads, caused significant traffic delays along the way. They then followed the same route but in reverse.
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In any case, the tow truck was not part of the joint action plan supported by AVA-Asaja, La Unió, COAG, UPA-PV and Asaja Alicante.. In fact, this last organization described this protest as a spontaneous movement without permission from the Government Delegation, as the professional organizations continue the road map designed last week, which includes three large days of mobilization in each of the provinces of the Valencian Community.
In the case of Alicante, the mobilization will take place on February 16, and as announced by Asaja Alicante president José Vicente Andreu, It will directly affect the A-7 as well as other means of communication. The aim is to have a tractor-trailer that will run along a section of this highway in the Vega Baja region, where most of the agricultural activities in the province are concentrated. The event was originally planned for the 12th of the month, but was postponed due to obtaining the necessary permissions from the Government Board. On the other hand, in Castellón, the protest event will take place at the port on the 15th, while in Valencia, the call is planned to be held at the port facilities on the 22nd.
Regarding everything and this Tuesday, Also in the province of Valencia, dozens and dozens of tractors have taken to main roads since dawn on Tuesday, causing massive traffic jams even in the autonomous capital itself.. As in Alicante, both agricultural organizations and political leaders supported the substance of the sector’s demands, although they stayed away from the forms. The first argues that requests must be made following legal channels, that is, with the relevant public consent.
The organizer of the protest is Platform 6FHe declared himself an activist of the most rotten Vox, whose spokesperson is the Valencian Lola Guzmán. This is a movement that was recently founded in Madrid with the aim of dealing with administrations that make their calls through social networks and platforms such as WhatsApp. Industry insiders explain that in these groups, they “started talking about agriculture and eventually expressed conspiracy theories about small planes blocking rain, even taking anti-vaccine stances.”
They are aware that the far right is behind the protests in the industry, as evidenced by the harmony in some speeches, but they are also aware of this: The number of protesters is very high, which indicates that among them there are many members of Valencian organizations such as AVA-Asaja or La Unió.Those who participated in this action to show their exhaustion and did not refrain from making complaints against these associations, which they accused of making a certain secret agreement with the political power.
The fact is that road closures spread throughout the province in the early morning hours. The entrances to the city of Valencia, such as the CV-30 around the regional capital ring road and the northern part of the same motorway, were seriously affected. The collapse reached roads such as Avenida del Doctor Peset Aleixandre or Avenida de Catalunya. There were also traffic disruptions on the Paterna and Moncada roads.
When we look at the whole country, we see that mobilizations are widespread in almost all regions. With everything, The blockade of the port of Malaga, as well as the accesses to Mercazaragoza and the logistics centers of the community of Castilla y León, was noticeable..
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In this context, Generalitat president Carlos Mazón demanded that the central government “get tough” in the face of the “attacks” suffered by agriculture and fisheries in the Community.
Regarding today, the Government Sub-Delegation was informed about a new protest action in the province of Alicante. It will take place from four in the afternoon between the La Granadina industrial area in San Isidro and Rojales.. While three events are planned in Castellón, none have been announced in Valencia.
Farmers are demanding issues such as full compliance with the Food Chain Law, a shock plan to mitigate the rise in production costs or a reorientation of European policies to ensure reciprocity in trade agreements with third countries.