Farmers and ranchers, who are protesting for the ninth consecutive day by cutting off traffic at various points on the Spanish road network, have decided to lift the blockades on the N-II and the AP-7 in Catalonia. In addition, during the morning of this Wednesday they also lifted the cuts in the access to the port of Tarragona that had kept the facility isolated for the last 24 hours.
The farmers who blocked Girona’s roads point out that the Ministry and the Generalitat have offered “reasons to believe that they want to negotiate the demands.” In an assembly held this afternoon, the representatives presented the commitments reached to hold a meeting with the Secretary General of the Ministry next week. Given this scenario, farmers have opted to end the blockade at these points. Despite this, they remember that, if they break their word, they will take to the roads again on February 28 “for as long as necessary.”
In Tarragona, after a brief assembly held at 9:30 a.m., they have decided to comply with the initial forecast of spending one day on the A-27 and the sixty tractors that have spent the night outdoors have been progressively returning home.
One of them is Sergi Martín, national manager of nuts at Unió de Pagesos, who has assured the Catalan News Agency (ACN) that the night “has been tiring” and “very cold.” Road traffic was restored shortly after ten thirty and trucks can now enter the port infrastructure.
This Wednesday is the ninth day of agrarian protests in Spain. After the lifting of the blocks on the highway and the national highway as it passes through the Girona region, the access blocks to other Spanish cities such as Seville, some points in Malaga, several roads in Extremadura and some points in Castilla-La remain. Mancha, according to the information provided by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). In Madrid, however, the call has failed.
During this day, the protests have been more intense in Andalusian territory. Farmers from the community have today blocked some of the main access roads to the capital: the A-66, the A-49, the A-92, the AP-4 and the A-4, whose circulation has also been interrupted. in Jaén, near Guarromán. Accessing the city of Guadalquivir this Wednesday morning has been complicated.
Among the planned protests, the one that was called in Mercamadrid, the main food market in the country, stood out. However, the rally was a failure, since, in the absence of tractors (prohibited), only twenty-three farmers attended.
After this puncture, the professional organizations, Asaja, COAG and UPA, have announced “protests” on the 26th in Madrid, coinciding with the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture. It is the first attempt to bring together farmers from all over Spain in the capital.
