LA JUNQUERA: Spanish and French farmers blocked roads along the border through the Pyrenees mountains on Monday ahead of European Parliament elections...
Spanish and French farmers blocked roads along the border through the Pyrenees mountains on Monday ahead of European Parliament elections to protest against what they say is unfair competition from outside the European Union.
With EU elections looming on June 6-9, French and Spanish farmers used dozens of tractors to block both sides of the border on the AP-8 highway in the Basque Country and the AP-7 highway in Catalonia. Weeks of farmer protests compelled the EU in May to extend subsidy allowances by six months to support the 27-nation bloc’s agricultural sector.
“It’s important because in France, agriculture is hard. It’s been neglected for around 20 years or even longer. And we feed the people, you know,“ French farmer Sylvain Fourriques, 39, said.
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