• Consumo Aldi, on the 'strawberry war' with Germany: "We will only work with producers who make reasonable use of irrigation water"
  • Consumption A campaign in Germany asks supermarkets not to contribute to the drying of Doñana with the sale of Spanish strawberries

The Minister of Economy, Finance and European Funds of the Junta de Andalucía, Carolina España, has called on Friday the President of the Government to "demand the immediate cessation" of the campaign of the German platform Campact against the sale of the strawberry of Huelva in German supermarkets.

In statements before participating in the forum Dialogando at the headquarters of La Rábida of the International University of Andalusia (UNIA), in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), he indicated that it seems "undignified" that the President of the Government "once again mistreats Andalusia and mistreats Huelva again".

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Escalation of tension between the Junta and the Government with the hostage strawberry sector

  • Writing: TERESA LÓPEZ PAVÓN Sevilla

Escalation of tension between the Junta and the Government with the hostage strawberry sector

Economy.

The 'strawberry war' with Germany puts in check almost 600 million in Spanish exports

  • Writing: CRISTINA ALONSO

The 'strawberry war' with Germany puts in check almost 600 million in Spanish exports

"We do not understand as a president of the Government that what he has to do is demand the immediate cessation of a smear campaign that is full of hoaxes and full of falsehoods, what he does is enact and promote this campaign," he lamented.

Therefore, he added, "we tell you from the Andalusian Government that it is already good, that you can not play with the bread of the people that there are thousands of jobs in this strawberry sector and that what you have to do is stop immediately and demand the cessation of this campaign immediately. "

Spain has specified that the export sector of red fruits of Huelva, and in general the fruit and vegetable sector, is "the largest exporter of all Andalusia".

90% of Spain's production is from Huelva

"It should be noted that nine out of ten euros that go abroad from red fruits are from here in Huelva, that is, 90% of the production of Spain is from Huelva and 30% from the European Union, therefore, for us it is very important, in addition the main market is Germany, "he remarked.

The minister stressed that this campaign "is promoted from a platform close to the German Socialists" and has stressed that from the Andalusian Government do not understand "how the Government of Pedro Sánchez has entered this game that can do so much damage to the strawberry sector of Huelva. "

After pointing out that from the Andalusian Government they are always on the side of farmers and ranchers, he indicated that "the movement is demonstrated by walking and we have launched a lot of hydraulic infrastructures because, in the end, what is needed is water in the province of Huelva and water in Andalusia; we would not have these problems if the Government of Spain had finished the Alcolea dam or executed the doubling of the San Silvestre tunnel... what has to be done are hydraulic infrastructure works as the Junta Andalucía is doing and as the Government of Spain is not doing".

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