As is happening throughout Europe, Spanish farmers have been mobilizing since this Thursday in various parts of the Catalan territory to protest against the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. mobilizations and road blockades continue this Saturday in the morning, with the intention of continuing this way, at least, until this Sunday.
This was explained this Saturday by his spokesman, Eduard Escolà, who indicated that he had not received responses from the Minister of Agriculture, Branches and Fisheries, Òscar Ordeig, regarding the request to jointly transfer to the Government’s Ministry of Agriculture his position against this agreement.
“It seems that the proposal we made has not been worked out too well,” explained Escolà, who has reiterated that this agreement is not favorable to the Catalan primary sector.
For this reason, since this Thursday, farmers They keep 5 roads closed: the AP-7 between Borrassà and Vilademuls (Girona); the A-2 in Bell-lloc d’Urgell and Mollerussa (Lleida); the C-16 between Casserres and Berga (Barcelona) and the T-11 and the A-27 access to the Port of Tarragona.
Finally, he assured that The blockades will remain until this Sunday, at least, and has sent this message to Ordeig: “We hope you understand that the will of the primary sector is that we do not want to see this treaty even in painting,” he concluded.
In Tarragona there will be more protests
For their part, the nearly one hundred farmers and thirty tractors and vans who are blocking the road this Saturday, for the third consecutive day, main access to the Port of Tarragona on the A-27 as a protest against the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement and They are studying moving the mobilizations to other places next week.
Farmers have spent their second night inside tractors, trailers, vehicles and even tents on the asphalt and have placed tables and chairs, like small outdoor dining rooms, and they cook on a barbecue.
“This second night, like the first, has been very quiet, although with a higher sensation of cold and a lot of wind, which has made it difficult to sleep. But we are fine, with strength,” says the president of the Gremi de la Pagesia Catalana, Joan Regolf.
Mobilizations in Galicia
For their part, ranchers and farmers of the province of Ourense They have blocked the A-52 since the early hours of this Saturday as it passes through Xinzo de Limia (Ourense) in protest of the agreement between the EU and Mercosur, specifically at kilometer 188, as reported by the Civil Guard.
In this context, They have closed the highway in both directions since 6:15 a.m. this Saturday and, at this time, traffic patrols are diverting traffic through exit 188 – the Ababides exit towards Porriño.
During the protest, participants They are burning straw curlers and tires, as the Civil Guard has reported, all of this in protest of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.
It is worth remembering that for two weeks farmers and ranchers in the province have carried out different tractor movements and mobilizationsand even blocked access to the Government Subdelegation.
