Spanish and French farmers protest rising costs and cheap food imports

About 3,000 French and Spanish farmers on Monday; It closed the France-Spain border to protest rising costs, the EU’s environmental policy and cheap food imports from other countries.

This time, tractors with banners and signs blocked many crossings on the highway on the France-Spain border, causing traffic chaos.

Seven major border crossings, from the Basque Country in southwestern France to Catalonia in eastern Spain, have been blocked in the hope of attracting the attention of incoming members of the European Parliament.

Today’s protests are about disgruntled farmers across the European continent protesting against rising costs, the EU’s environmental policy and cheap food imports from other countries.

At Monday’s demonstrations, farmers are demanding the removal of taxes on power used as a means of production in agriculture, increased nutritional safety of products imported into Europe and the implementation of a European law giving priority to local products.

Today’s demonstrations come amid growing cohesion between French and Spanish agricultural organizations, and there is a very specific reason why the two neighboring countries have chosen to join forces. Spanish farmer Iñaki on Spanish television ”We must stand together now in order to move forward.”he said.

Protests are expected to reach Brussels today.

Hibya News Agency