The first images of mobilization and tension in the primary sector for the third consecutive day. If minor incidents occurred despite the closure of some roads in the first two days of spontaneous tractor movements, This Thursday, the number of people detained in the sector due to protests increased to 19, 2,700 people were identified and nearly 5,000 administrative complaints were filed.According to the provisional toll published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which includes seven more arrests than on Wednesday night, in addition to the two arrested for disobedience on Tuesday. The cities of Pamplona, Oviedo and Zafra (Badajoz), where a civilian guard was slightly injured after being hit by a stone, were the hottest spots on the last day of farmers’ demonstrations.
Farmers took their pulse on the streets with the official start of the mobilization calendar this Thursday. Roads were closed in some eight autonomous communities in order to make visible the demands of the primary sector, which include reducing bureaucratic burden and greater control of imports of non-EU products exempt from the requirements demanded for Union products. . European.
Although agricultural associations called on farmers to demonstrate in Ciudad Real, Huesca, Salamanca and Ávila; Roads were closed in Extremadura, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Andalusia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Aragon and Navarra. There were tense scenes of clashes between protesters and police in Logroño and Pamplona. A group of farmers demonstrated with their tractors near the home of Navarra president María Chivite. One hundred farmers also caused disturbances on the Camino A-12 Highway to Pamplona by trying to move two Civil Guard vehicles blocking their passage to the Navarrese capital.
The city of Oviedo also witnessed tensions. Hundreds of farm owners and farmers protested the crisis in the sector and there were clashes with the police. The most critical moments occurred around 13.30 when activists tried to gather in front of the Principality General Assembly.. According to La Nueva España, National Police agents blocked access to the street, which was supposed to be armored on both sides, and some had to use their batons to prevent a group of ranchers from breaking the security cordon and gaining access to the building. From the group Prensa Ibérica. In Burgos (Castilla y León) two farmers were arrested for obstructing the passage of other vehicles on the highway, and in El Ejido (Almería) two men were charged with disobedience and public disorder for blocking the A.-7 highway. In the Badajoz incident, there were moments of tension with security forces on the A-66 highway near Zafra, resulting in a civilian security officer being injured by stone throwing due to specific accusations.
But, What happened in Barcelona this Thursday belonged to meetings between farmers and groups in the Catalan Parliament.Except PP and Vox. Joan Rui, one of the farmers on the 6F platform, announced at the press conference that they agreed with the Catalan authorities to review the restrictions of the Generalitat’s drought emergency plan, the payment of outstanding aid in the last two years, or the payments made in the last two years. Reducing the bureaucratic burden on farmers.
Subsequent mobilizations
Official mobilization call for this Friday’s event by Asaja, COAG and UPA in Zamora, Bilbao and Extremadura. “Our mobilization may be a little more modest than what has been seen in other places, but we plan to roam the streets of Bilbao with 70 tractors,” says Íñigo Bilbao, a farmer and a spokesman for Asaja in the state of Biscay. “We want to make a friendly demonstration to convey our problems to the citizens: the bureaucratic burden, the fight for fair prices for producers and the rational implementation of the green agenda of the European Union,” Bilbao said.
Government delegations and sub-delegations reminded that they will start processing sanctions for road closures from this Wednesday and unreported protests instigated by Platform 6-F and according to the internal sources of these associations, they are disseminated through social networks outside the traditional agricultural associations, which for now rule out a mobilization in Madrid. The organizers’ intention is to protest with tractors in Madrid this Saturday and reach the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been monitoring the situation since Tuesday with a Coordination Center (CECOR) attended by the commanders of the National Police and Civil Guard, as well as representatives of the regional police and DGT, and the Ministries of Agriculture, Regional Policy and Ministries. Public transport. President of Internal Affairs, Fernando Grande-Marlaska reiterated that the Government’s aim these days is to meet the demands of the rural sector and guarantee the right to demonstrate, but without affecting essential services or the mobility of citizens.
Minister of Participation, Social Security and Immigration: Apple SaizHe called on agricultural organizations on February 13 is working to tackle the rural “labor shortage” and predicts 100,000 job losses in this sector within a decade.