Farmer protest calendar in the month of February

The main farmer unions in Spain plan to hold various mobilizations in different parts of the country throughout the month of February to protest environmental regulatory demands and sector conditions, as well as to suspend the negotiations of the agreements in which they Are included. Mind. EU progress, such as MERCOSUR, among other demands.

Context. Last week, Spain’s agricultural sector joined the wave of protests and mobilization taking place in several European countries such as France, Germany and Belgium, with farmers taking to the streets to demand reforms in the sector.

Last. The National Platform for the Defense of the Road Goods Transport Sector, which brings together autonomous road transporters and SMEs, announced this Monday its intention to join the farmers’ protests with a call for an indefinite national strike starting from next declare. Saturday 10th February, However, the platform indicates that it is waiting for support by transporters, drivers in Madrid and other participating sectors at national level.

• This association of transporters is known to have initiated a lockout in the sector in 2022, with several claims to the labor and transport ministries.

Mobilization has been called for this week by major agricultural unions

Tuesday 6th February: The agricultural organization Unión de Unión de Agricultores y Ganaderos will open for these weeks the agenda of mobilization called by the institutions and will do so in the province of Burgos, especially in the capital and in the cities of Miranda del Ebro, Brivisca, Medina de Chile. Pomar and Aranda del Duero.

Protests in the European countryside: farmers demonstrated from France to Romania

Wednesday, February 7: The Union de Uniones has called for another day of protests this Wednesday in Santamaría del Páramo (Leon) and in the port of Castellón.

Thursday, February 8: This Thursday the agenda of calls and protests planned by the country’s main farmers’ unions, ASAJA, COAG and UPA, will begin in different parts of Spain.

• Thus, on February 8, there will be a mobilization of farmers in Ávila, Salamanca, Ciudad Real and Huesca.

Friday, February 9: On Friday, farmers from Zamora, Bilbao and Extremadura will be called to protest by the Asza, COAG and UPA unions.

Costs, bureaucracy and unfair competition: four keys and two differences between the protests in Spain and Europe

Week from 12th to 18th February: Farmers’ protests will continue in various parts of the country

The mobilization planned by various farm unions will also continue during the week of February 12 to 18:

Monday 12th February: The second week of mobilization of the agricultural sector in Spain will begin next Monday in the province of Alicante.

Tuesday 13th February: During this day, farmers from La Rioja and Zaragoza will take to the streets and protests called by the Union de Unions will take place in the ports of Tarragona and Santander.

Wednesday, February 14: For this day, mobilizations are planned in Toledo, Guadalajara, Jaén, Seville, Palencia, Soria and Santa María la Real de Nieva (Segovia).

Thursday, February 15: Protests have been called for 15 February in Castellón and Bosguilas (Segovia).

Friday, February 16: The Unión de Unión has called for protests on this day only in Venta Pinillas (Segovia).

Week of 19 to 25 February: Associations called for mobilization in Aragon and Madrid, among other places

The latest calls announced so far by agricultural unions will take place in the week of 19 to 25 February:

Wednesday, February 21: The Union de Uniones plans to hold a tractor rally on this day in front of the doors of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Madrid. Additionally, ASSAZ, COAG and UPA have called for mobilization in the Murcia region.

Thursday, February 22: Associations and farmers will protest on this day in the Aragon community, the province of Cadiz and the port of Valencia.

Friday, February 23: The days of mobilization in the agricultural sector called by the unions so far will end with a protest day in Lyon on 23 February.

Farmer groups organize parallel to the mobilization announced by the unions for the month of February

Several cooperative societies and farmers’ groups across the country are organizing mobilization for the coming days parallel to the call by various national organizations.

In this sense, according to EFE, this Tuesday will be an important day for these organizers with marches in different points, such as Córdoba, Albacete, Cuenca, Catalonia, Murcia and the Community of Madrid.

sources say

Federation of Farmers and Livestock Associations

ASJA, COAG and UPA mobilization calendar

National Forum to Protect the Road Goods Transport Sector

EFE Agency