Farmers announced protests in Spain due to the crisis in the agricultural sector

According to her, the organizations "agreed to resume the schedule of speeches to demand an ambitious shock plan, which includes measures both at the EU level and at the level of the Spanish government and the autonomous communities." The demonstrations are expected to take place “over the coming weeks.”

“The agricultural sector in Europe and Spain is mired in growing frustration and unrest due to the difficult conditions and stifling bureaucracy generated by EU rules ,” ASAJA noted. “ Farmers have to contend with a deregulated market that imports agricultural products from third countries at low prices.” . According to the organizations, these products, manufactured outside the EU, "do not comply with internal EU rules and represent a contradiction and hypocrisy in EU political actions." ASAJA added that unfair competition “endangers the viability of thousands of farms in Spain and Europe.”

The organizations believe that European free trade agreements with third countries are exacerbating the problems of farmers and herders. In this regard, they demand that negotiations on a number of such agreements be suspended. In addition, “the Spanish government, under the supervision of the European Commission, should strengthen controls at the border with Morocco to ensure that imported Moroccan agricultural products comply with internal EU regulations and the tariff levels established in the free trade agreement,” ASAJA noted.

Farmer protests have already begun in various European countries, particularly in Belgium, Germany and France.