• Strike At the heart of the transporters' protest: "If the Government does not comply, the shortages they fear so much will be seen"

The Minister for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has pointed out that her Ministry will present an analysis of the balance of measures that have been taken and will explain which are maintained and which are not at the time that has been indicated, regarding

the fuel discount for 20 cents per liter

that is now extensive to the entire population - and that in principle ends on December 31 -, that the Executive will be "sensitive" with the most affected sectors such as carriers.

"These are useful measures for the whole of society and we will see the scope and impact it has had, but we are aware that there are sectors that are more sensitive and that has to guide us in that decision that we are about to adopt and that we are going to announce shortly. ", explained the minister in an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press.

At another point, asked if she guarantees that the same thing that last March will not happen in Spain due to the strike called by the Platform in Defense of Transport, the minister has indicated that the Government

is working so that "it does not happen like that"

. and he recalled that after the last strike by carriers, a royal decree-law was approved in response to the demands of the sector.

"There were no reasons for this strike and this has been recognized by the sector," said Raquel Sánchez, who also highlighted the "normality" with which the day has passed on the roads and cargo centers.

"This is good news because despite the mobilization called by the minority sector, the vast majority of carriers have gone to work. It is good news for everyone," he said.

Regarding the incidents that have occurred in some parts of the country, among which

Mercajerez or Cantabria have been mentioned,

the minister has assured that the identification of the perpetrators is being investigated in order to subsequently sanction them and has condemned said actions "no matter how legitimate could be" the strike, he said.

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