El campo rechaza el acuerdo parcial sobre la PAC y mantiene las protestas este miércoles en Madrid

The Spanish agricultural sector has vehemently opposed a partial agreement reached by the EU Council on Monday to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC), maintaining protests in Madrid on Wednesday. The demonstration, titled "Feed for Living," aims to highlight the sector's discontent and call for urgent measures to ensure its profitability and future in the face of anticipated tractor arrivals and thousands of farmers and cattle from across the country.

The ruling class's agreement comes after decades of agricultural protests, some targeted at specific products like milk, asparagus, citrus fruits, wine, and pig farming, while others have been global policy grievances. A significant historical protest occurred on February 20, 1977, over cereal, beetroot, and potato market issues, leading to a new agrarian associationism that eventually supplanted the outdated vertical syndicalism of Franco's regime.

In that era, "fair prices" were a primary demand, initially set by decree. Today, the sector's demands extend beyond "fair prices" to include direct aid and market regulation mechanisms.