protests farmers continued for the fourth day in a row this Friday and noted for the large number of traffic closures on highways and highwaysand with concentrations in the centers of some provincial centers, Marching to Madrid this Saturday.
Farmers continue their slogans Opposition to the green policies imposed on them by the European Union; advocating for fairer trade agreements; and help facing crises such as drought.
Attempt to take Spain’s capital is part of the call Platform 6F, where professional agricultural organizations make progressIt is scheduled to start at midnight next night, announced by organizers who called for gatherings near the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium on Saturday.
Meanwhile, agricultural professional organizations Asaja, COAG and UPA organized an event this Friday Protest events in Zamora, Bilbao and BadajozTo give continuity to the work carried out this Thursday in Ciudad Real, Huesca, Ávila and Salamanca.
Minister of Participation, Social Security and Immigration, Apple SaizHe had called on agricultural organizations to address the “labor issue” in rural areas next Tuesday, but the invitation was rejected due to the agenda by Asaja, COAG and UPA, who wanted new dates to be proposed.
Highways and roads were closed
This Friday protests took place in many cities. From Bilbao and Burgos to Malaga, passing through León, Jaén, Logroño, Zamora or Seville.
The biggest consequences were felt in traffic, with delays and closures on many highways and roads in different autonomous communities.
Inside Castile la ManchaTractors reached the center of Toledo and Ciudad Real, cutting off the A-3 highway (Madrid-Valencia) in several sections and causing traffic disruptions in AP-36 (Ocaña-La Roda), North Carolina. – Eclipses on 301 passing through Corral de Almaguer (Toledo) and N-430 passing through the municipality of Villarrobledo (Albacete).
Inside riojaApproximately 700 tractors caused occasional disruptions on the N-232 roads in Briones and Aldenueva de Ebro; N-124 in Briñas; On N-113 in Valverde and N-111 in Villanueva de Cameros and N-232 in Calahorra and between Agoncillo and Recajo. There were also occasional road closures. LionOn A-66, N-630 and A231.
Inside bilbaoHundreds of tractors crashed in the center of the capital, but not before causing traffic delays on N-634 and Bi-711.
Protest felt Aragon with several columns of tractors cutting off access to the city Zaragoza N-330 and A-68 via the A-23 roads around the capital closed several sections of other roads throughout the province, including ARA-1 connecting the roads. kalelon And barcelona.
Inside Andalusiato besiege the city SevilleDozens of tractor drivers who could not reach the center joined a slow march to reach the Plaza de España, where the Government Delegation and Sub-Delegation headquarters are located. Farmers in Jaén had better luckCitizens who managed to gather in front of the Government Subcommittee to protest the situation in the agricultural sector and demand a solution from the administrations. They blocked the passage of A-92 on the roads this Friday osun (Seville) and its province Malaga They closed the A-367 motorway in Cañete La Real and the A-7278 motorway in Teba. More than a hundred farmers blocked the A-4 motorway, on the border of the provinces of Córdoba and Seville, towards both Madrid and Seville.
Inside asturiasFarmers and farmers canceled their protests in Oviedo, and dozens of tractors that had closed the center since yesterday left the streets of the capital, reaching an agreement with the Government of the Principality, after more than three hours of action. negotiations.
Since Tuesday, security forces have detained around 20 people as part of farmers’ protests in different parts of the country and identified 7,925 people for proposed administrative sanctions.
One person charged in Logroño vehicular attack
One of the most remarkable events of the day took place. LogronoWhere About thirty farmers demonstrated in front of the courtSupport To the farmer arrested during the mobilization in the Rioja countryside The person the Prosecutor’s Office accused last Tuesday vehicle attack and injuries.
for Saturday and Before the call of Platform 6F, which aims to cut off traffic and access to Madrid Since midnight and throughout the day, the Government Delegation has coordinated a security apparatus with more than half a thousand agents from the National Police’s Police Intervention Unit (UIP), better known as riot police.
It can be predicted that the National Platform for the Defense of the Transport Sector will also join the strike this Saturday.Bringing together thousands of self-employed road transporters and SMEs; In March 2022, he already supported a twenty-day strike that took control of the country’s distribution chain.