Thousands of farmers go to the streets to demand solutions to the crisis

Thousands of farmers throughout the community (5,000 according to organizers and 1,500 according to the National Police) marched in Valladolid to demand the Government and the Board ublažijo immediate steps that the crisis facing the sector. The protest, called on unity of action by the four organizations agricultural autonomy (Asaja, UCCL, UPA and Coag) and the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Castilla y Leon (Urcacyl), began at 12.00 hours at the gates of the Ministry Agriculture and Livestock, to proceed towards the headquarters of the Government, which was moved up by cutting traffic in the area and where it is dissolved into three in the afternoon.

However, a very large group of demonstrators, at least 500 farmers, according to the Government, starred incidents after cutting Bridge Isabella the Catholic, which forced the crowd to disperse them with loads and rubber balls. The enfretamiento culminated in the arrest of two people among the demonstrators and three policemen wounded, one of whom had to be transferred to the hopital.

Meeting with Board and Government

The Minister of Agriculture, Silvia Clemente, and the government subdelegation in Valladolid, Cecilio Vadillo, received the representatives society, in two separate encounters in which they were handing them a table causes. Clement explained to the unionists measures taken to alleviate the crisis, with subsidised loans, the elimination of livestock rates and the items for counties with blue tongue. Vadillo, for its part, pledged to "move immediately" claims sector to the Ministry of Agriculture.

In this regard, farming organisations found "insufficient" measures and demonstrated that the claims sector spend, especially on aspects of a business case for recovery in prices, as a law on trading margins, double labelling, promotional campaigns consumption and import controls. Also, demand direct payments, zero interest loans, a restructuring plan and neglect specific to the sector, improvement tax refund and exemption from Social Security contributions, free of the costs of removal and disposal of animal carcasses, a regional table sheep, another permanent farmers market and a more sanitary. They released eggs, balloons filled with milk and tomatoes to buildings and displayed banners against politicians.