MADRID, 14 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has called this Thursday to the agricultural professional organizations Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja), Coordinator of Farmers and Ranchers Organizations (COAG) and Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) at the Ministry headquarters after intensifying protests and tractor-trailers in the countryside that are paralyzing roads and causing roadblocks throughout Spain.
Specifically, this is the second meeting of the head of Agriculture with agricultural organizations so far this month of February, after holding the first on the 2nd, just before the mobilizations and protests of farmers and ranchers began, which have collapsed. the country.
This meeting with the representatives of the agricultural associations also comes after the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced in the Congress of Deputies that the food chain law will be strengthened, which prohibits sales at a loss, a of the demands of the sector that demand decent and fair prices for their productions.
Follow here for the latest news on the protests as well as road closures today.
