Outraged farmers. The Spanish countryside is infected by the French and wants to go out into the streets

French farmers are angry. After several days of protests, they maintain the blockade on the roads and approach Paris, a wave of indignation based on banners and tractors that grows and crosses borders, reaching Belgium and now Spain. The French Government has not convinced its farmers and the Spanish government is trying.

The minister Luis Planas has called a meeting this Friday to try to stop the upcoming protests. In today’s chapter you will hear the voices of the main agricultural organizations that will sit at the negotiating table with the minister. Andoni Garciaresponsible for Organization of COAG: “It is difficult to think that a meeting with the minister can stop the demonstrations.” He talks about unfair competition and points to Morocco. “The French are using a smokescreen. There is a free trade agreement with Morocco where the entry of products is possible that will later enter the European market without complying with internal regulations.”

Besides, José María Castilladirector of the International Office of HANDLE in Brussels, will attend the demonstration called for February 1. “The EU has to start legislating with the farmer hand in hand and not with its back to the agricultural system”.Marcos AlarconDeputy Secretary General of Organization of EPS insists on the great bureaucratic burden that farmers face.