The countryside rejects the partial agreement on the CAP and maintains protests this Wednesday in Madrid
Asaja, Coag and Unión de Uniones are calling for a tractor rally to ask the Government for a shock plan to guarantee the "profitability and future" of the sector.
Spanish farmers are unhappy with the partial agreement reached by the EU Council to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC). They are planning a protest in Madrid with around 500 tractors and thousands of farmers and livestock owners. The sector has been protesting for decades, with demands including "fair prices" and measures to ensure their "rentability" and "future".
A historic protest took place on February 20, 1977, in La Rioja, which led to the development of a new agricultural associationism. Today's protests are calling for a range of measures, including direct aid and market regulation.
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