About 600 farmers and ranchers, According to the Government Delegation in Castilla y León, they gathered at the door of the church this afternoon. Valladolid Fair38th edition is here Goya Awardsto submit their demands whistles, rattles and some fireworksbut without notable events.
Those who are a community, They mingled with the audience who wanted to see the actors, actresses and other guests notables of the cinema world (600 more people), They wore symbolic yellow vestsIt describes the movement of independent farmers and ranchers who have been mobilizing for more than a week in Castilla y León.
Once upon a time, calm was the dominant note in protests. one tractor unit will be excludedFollowing this decision announced recently, the mobilization chose to hold a pedestrian rally at the Valladolid Fair to announce their demands, but without hindering the normal celebration of the gala.
The protest did not remain silent but became animated with lots of whistling and rattles.and the booing intensified as the vehicles passed that they came to the venue with the guests; they were also told Slogans against the head of government Pedro Sánchez.
“The United field is never defeated“is the most repeated slogan, along with slogans carried by protesters supported by banners demanding solutions for the countryside, and was brought under control by a significant police deployment that was part of a special security operation for the Goya premiere.”
“Humiliated” and indebted countryside
“We are taking action peacefully,” said Carlos Duque, a farmer from Castroverde de Cerrato (Palencia).He expressed his regret in his statement to EFE.the field has been denigrated“; This is where people go on weekends and people only remember when the CAP subsidy for diesel came. But citizens eat the countryside at home three times a day; the farmer, the rancher, the gardener, and demanded that they be valued, because “peasants work from dawn to dusk ; Every day, when it rains, they prepare the machines in the warehouse, harvest, plant and fertilize.
Duque insisted: “They have been producing below cost for two years, and they survive thanks to subsidies and continue to borrow”, but the group does not want subsidies, they want reasonable prices to make a living from their work in the fields and “feed the world”.
J for himAvier Villanueva from Medina del Campo (Valladolid) insisted on reviewing the implementation of the 2030 AgendaBecause farmers and ranchers Different restrictions than those in other non-EU countries selling at lower prices hereThis represents unfair competition.
Villanueva, who was also at Goya, feels that such mobilization was necessary because “no one inside will complain on our behalf”, but he also realized that they did not intend to cause problems for the film festival, so they returned. organizing through social networks but they all agree: peaceful protest.
“We all have the same policy; keep calm and make noise“, he said, noting that, apart from some specific delays on the N-112 due to the presence of trucks, this Saturday in Valladolid was quite calm, with no truck units or traffic problems on the roads.