In Spain, the three main agricultural unions have announced that they are joining the movement that has been shaking Europe for several weeks.
Blockages continue across France this Tuesday. Farmers also threaten to besiege Paris and block the international market of Rungis.
Similar actions are taking place in Belgium, including the blocking of the Antwerp ring road. Their Spanish colleagues announced they were joining the protest movement.
For weeks, even months, the European agricultural world is in the grip of a large protest movement. Apart from some specific national laws that anger farmers, the demands are often similar across Europe.
The main points of discontent concern wages that are too low, unfair competition from large retailers and countries that are not part of the European Union, or even environmental laws considered too restrictive.
Delays in payment of aid from the CAP, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, is also a point of tension present for years in the debates.
This Tuesday, the new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal assured that this aid would be paid to French farmers before March 15.
