by The agrarian union Unió de Pagesos has called for the next Tuesday, the 27th, and Wednesday, the 28th, marches with tractors at various points on the border with France, including AP-7to reject European Union free trade agreements.
The mobilizations have been organized, in certain cases.together with the French union Confédération Paysanne Yet the Revolta Pagesa platform in Girona, as reported this Saturday by Unió de Pagesos. Farmers and ranchers are called to focus on the 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday in four different areas.
The four points of Catalonia
On the N-II, at 8:00 a.m. in the Girona municipalities of Santa Llogaia Àlguema and Orriols, with the intention of marching towards the AP-7; is Mollo (Girona), at 10:00 am to advance along the C-38 to Col de Ares; is Villaller (Lleida), at the same time and with the intention of reaching the south mouth of the Vielha Tunnel; forks Puigcerdá (Girona) another march will begin, with tractors that will have already left Berga at 9:00 a.m., to Pont de Llívia.
The conveners ask “resolve unfair import competition that do not meet the same conditions required for agricultural production in the member countries of the European Union and an effective reduction of bureaucracy”.
After holding a meeting yesterday Friday with representatives of this union, the Government delegate in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto, asked the farmers to avoiding collapsing all the roads that connect Spain with France and that “alternative routes” are allowed. “There always have to be alternative routes of circulation,” said Prieto.
