The fifth day of protests by Spanish farmers managed to pass in Madrid this SaturdayAlthough it is far from the expectations envisaged by Platform 6-F, which published on social networks that blockades in the capital and protests in front of the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz were possible. Farmers finally gathered around the Metropolitan Stadium from 17:00 onwards to call for an indefinite strike at your activity together with members of the National Platform in Defense of Transportation, a minority association responsible for paralyzing road distribution in March 2022. . At the end of this meeting, the National Police launched an attack against some transporters and farmers concentrated near the area, resulting in injuries. Additionally, farmers demonstrated at the entrance to the Goya awards gala in Valladolid to show their dissatisfaction.
Spanish farmers have been demonstrating against the effects of the European Union’s green policies, as their counterparts in some European countries have done in recent days, to advocate for fairer trade deals and to ask for help to face crises such as drought. They will be joined by carriers of the National Platform for Defense of Transportation.Bringing together thousands of self-employed hauliers and SMEs, which this afternoon approved the decision to begin an indefinite shutdown of activity.
The platform, which encouraged a 20-day strike that took control of the distribution chain in March 2022, is taking this step without the support of the National Committee for the Transport of Goods by Road (CNTC)It is the body that deals with the Government in which the sector is not represented.
The decision was taken at a rally held at the Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid. There, the National Police filed criminal charges against the farmers after protesters attempted to leave the perimeter of the stadium by jumping some fences in an attempt to block the M-40 ring road. Agents attempted to arrest them, resulting in several protesters being injured.. Protests continue around the Metropolitan area, where a police cordon was established after these clashes in which the police used tear gas, but they plan to move to the headquarters of the PSOE (government party) on Ferraz street.
Farmers want government action
On the fifth day of agricultural protests Protesters carrying flags of various communities and showing anger at the situation in the countrysideWe once again requested the government to listen to their demands.
In Valladolid and since early this afternoon, Nearly 400 farmers and ranchers gathered at the gates of the Trade Fair, where the 38th Goya Awards were held.They express their demands by whistling, rattles and some fireworks.
Those who gathered mingled with the audience who wanted to see actors, actresses and other important guests from the world of cinema. They wore yellow vests, which defined the movement of independent farmers and ranchers.It has been mobilizing in the Castilla y León region for more than a week.
The dominant note in the first hours of the protest was calm, after a truckload of demonstrations announced in recent days was rejected and the mobilization opted for a foot rally at the Valladolid Trade Fair to make their demands known without disrupting the normal celebration. of the premiere. During the day, delays or interruptions were experienced on different motorways in Spanish territory, without any major incidents.