This Wednesday, farm workers are protesting again and new road closures are planned in practically all of Spain by
Spanish farmers
, who are once again raising their voices so that their demands can be heard. Yesterday, their
tractors
collapsed the entrances to the big cities and blocked some logistics centers demanding fair prices, less bureaucracy in the CAP and the defense of the agri-food sector.
In one of the Autonomous Communities most affected by the protests this Tuesday,
farmers
plan to collapse the entrances to
Barcelona
today and gather in front of the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat. As explained by sources from the organization, the different road closures have been maintained during the last night and, on Wednesday morning, other farmers and ranchers will join them to head to Barcelona.
There are also road closures
in
Valencia and in
Malaga
they have once again cut off some sections of the coastal axis and access to the port area with their tractors.
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8.31
The A-42 is cut off near Illescas (Toledo) due to farmers' protests
The
farmers
who continue to mobilize this Wednesday in Castilla-La Mancha have cut off the A-42 towards Toledo near Illescas since early in the morning.
Specifically, the protesters have cut off the two lanes at kilometer 38 of this road towards Toledo, something that the General Directorate of Traffic has notified at 7:52 in the morning this Wednesday.
On the first day of protests, all the radial highways that passed through the Autonomous Community in the connection with Madrid capital were cut, with incidents at various points on the A-5, A-42, A-4, A-3 and A-2 , in locations such as Maqueda, Madridejos or Torija.
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8:20
Farmers once again cut the coastal axis of Malaga with their tractors
This Wednesday, farmers maintain their protests in Malaga, where
they
have once again cut off some sections of the coastal axis and access to the port area with their tractors.
According to the City Council, fifty tractors have remained at night in the vicinity of the port and tires and pallets have burned in Alameda Colón, so firefighters have had to intervene.
At 8:00 a.m., the protests interrupt traffic on the stretch of the coastal axis. In the east direction it is cut from Calle Princesa to Puente del Carmen and in the west direction from Puente del Carmen to Calle Princesa.
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8:11
Farmers begin the second day of protests in Andalusia with new road closures
The second day of
protests by farmers
against "abandonment" and bureaucracy in the Andalusian countryside began this Wednesday, February 7, with new road closures from early in the morning on the A-92N near the Granada municipality of Cúllar.
As reported by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) on its social networks, consulted by Europa Press, the farmers' protest
has
kept traffic at kilometer 73 of the A-92N in Venta Quemada, a district of the Granada municipality, interrupted since 6:00 a.m. of Cullar.
The roads of Andalusia returned to normal practically in their entirety at the end of this Tuesday after a day in which nearly a thousand tractors cut off passages as well as access to first-level logistics points, such as the Port of Malaga, to claim against "abandonment" and bureaucracy in the Andalusian countryside.
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8:01
The farmers' march from Girona to Barcelona will take place along the AP-7 highway
The
tractor
march from Girona to Barcelona within the framework of the
farmers' protests
that began yesterday will take place this Wednesday along the AP-7 highway, after negotiating this option with the counterpart of 'freeing' the N-II highway.
A spokesperson for the Unió de Pagesos union explained to EFE that, although the protesters had initially opted for the N-II, the authorities accepted the change if this route was opened.
The farmers had cut off traffic on the AP-7 and the N-II throughout Tuesday, the two main connections with France, with the consequent accumulation of trucks and traffic difficulties.
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7:45
A tractor unit keeps the CV-32 closed early in the morning in Museros (Valencia)
A demonstration of
farmers
with
tractors
has kept the CV-32 highway in Museros (Valencia) completely closed since early this Wednesday and has momentarily cut off the CV-30 access to València through the Northern Ring Road, but later they have been left open two lanes for traffic.
Sources from the General Directorate of Traffic have informed EFE that as a result of the closure of the CV-32 highway in Museros, from kilometer 3.47 and in both directions, there is a delay of about three kilometers, while in the In the case of the Northern Ring Road, traffic is normal because the tractors have been evacuated.
According to sources, the rest of the roads in the Valencian Community do not currently have problems as a result of the tractors and only the delays of a normal day are occurring.
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7:31
Salamanca farmers organize to block supermarkets this Wednesday
The
farmers
continue protesting tonight with their tractors in Salamanca, while they organize to maintain the mobilization at dawn and during the day, in order to cut off the main roads and roundabouts this Wednesday from 6:30 a.m. and thus block the supply of supermarkets.
After 10:00 p.m., the protesters divided shifts to maintain the protest at night or, at least, begin the cuts this Wednesday at 6:30, and not around 8 or 9 a.m. like these days, to prevent trucks from unloading their products at supermarkets and generally interrupting early morning trips to work places.
Among the farmers' approaches is bringing tires to burn on the highways or bundles of straw, in order to intensify the protest, as some of the protesters have explained to EFE.
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7:00
PP and Vox will use the rural protests and the amnesty against Sánchez in Congress
The amnesty law and the farmers' demands and protests will be the protagonists of the first control session of the year in Congress, where the Popular Party and Vox will use both issues to attack the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
"Are you already aware of the reality of your Government?", with this question to Sánchez from the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the plenary session will open this Wednesday, in which the popular people want to record the situation of weakness that, in his opinion, the Executive lives with the Junts plan to the amnesty law proposal last Tuesday.
After Carles Puigdemont's formation voted against the law by failing to include the changes they sought to "shield" it even more, the President of the Government has opened up to making modifications to the Criminal Procedure Law to put a time limit on the instruction of the judges.
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