The second day of protests by Spanish farmers against bureaucracy in the countryside, Brussels policies and the 2030 Agenda began this Wednesday with new road blocks in all provinces from early in the morning.
9.37 | 350 vehicles cause traffic collapse in La Rioja early in the morning
Some 350 heavy vehicles are causing traffic to collapse in La Rioja, as reported by the Government Delegation.
Specifically, on the LR-250 between kilometer point 1 and 2, Villamediana, there is slow traffic in both directions due to a column of 20 tractors, while on the N-232, at kilometer point 397, circulatory problems are also recorded. by a column of 90 tractors.
At the intersection of LR-136 with A-12 (Nájera roundabout), slow traffic is recorded for vehicles heading to that point, with 120 tractors participating in the march.
For their part, two tractors are on the N-111 kilometer point 241, causing slow traffic at the access to Logroño, and on the N-111a, kilometer point 334, about 40 tractors are delaying traffic in both directions.
In addition, slow traffic is being recorded on other roads in the region, while in Logroño, on the ring road, traffic is fluid, while it is slow at the Las Gaunas roundabout.
8.15 | Economy/Agro.- The A-42 is cut off near Illescas (Toledo) due to farmers’ protests
The farmers who continue to mobilize this Wednesday in Castilla-La Mancha have cut off the A-42 towards Toledo near Illescas since early in the morning.
Specifically, the protesters have cut off the two lanes at kilometer 38 of this road towards Toledo, something that the General Directorate of Traffic has notified at 7:52 in the morning this Wednesday.
On the first day of protests, all the radial highways that passed through the Autonomous Community in the connection with Madrid capital were cut, with incidents at various points on the A-5, A-42, A-4, A-3 and A-2 , in locations such as Maqueda, Madridejos or Torija.
8.07 | Farmers begin the second day of protests in Andalusia with new road closures
The second day of protests by farmers against “abandonment” and bureaucracy in the Andalusian countryside began this Wednesday, February 7, with new road closures from early in the morning on the A-92N near the Granada municipality of Cúllar.
As reported by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) on its social networks, consulted by Europa Press, the farmers’ protest has kept traffic at kilometer 73 of the A-92N in Venta Quemada, a district of the Granada municipality, interrupted since 6:00 a.m. of Cullar.
The roads of Andalusia returned to normal practically in their entirety at the end of this Tuesday after a day in which nearly a thousand tractors cut off passages as well as access to first-level logistics points, such as the Port of Malaga, to claim against “abandonment” and bureaucracy in the Andalusian countryside.
According to the delegate of the Government of Spain in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, the Civil Guard has drawn up 1,375 complaint reports for non-compliance with the traffic and citizen security law and is viewing the security cameras to identify the vehicles that have obstructed the roads.
Furthermore, in Malaga capital, part of the 90 tractors that blocked access to the port throughout this Tuesday have remained throughout the night in the area around San Andrés, Avenida José María Garnica and Alameda de Colón.
This Tuesday’s protests, most of them called by social networks without official authorization for not complying with the established legal requirements, have had the greatest impact in the provinces of Granada, Málaga and Jaén.
8.03 | Farmers plan to collapse Barcelona today and gather before the Climate Action Department
The farmers who gathered this Tuesday at different points of the Catalan road network plan to collapse the entrances to Barcelona today and gather in front of the Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat.
As explained by sources from the organization, the different road closures will continue this Wednesday morning and other farmers and ranchers will join in heading to Barcelona.
So far, they have confirmed that they will enter Barcelona through Diagonal, Meridiana and Ronda Litoral to Gran Via, in order to go to the headquarters of the Ministry, located at number 612 Gran Via.
The protests yesterday cut off different roads in the Catalan road network, and Unió de Pagesos has put in a statement the number of tractors that have participated in the protests at 4,000. The action has been called to demand that bureaucracy be simplified, that there be “reciprocity” in imports and prices appropriate to costs.
