French farmers convened by the Rural Coordination (CR) union They blocked the entry of trucks from Spain on the highway through the La Junquera border crossing, within the framework of the protest campaign that is spreading throughout the country against, among other issues, the closure of a agreement between the EU and Mercosur.
Twenty tractors and around a hundred people are participating in this operation that is being carried out at the Le Boulou tollbooth, on the A9 motorway, and which was initially carried out without the intervention of law enforcement. French, as EFE was able to verify on the ground.
The protesters have left a lane for passenger cars entering from Spain, but They stop the trucks from doing it and they have started control them in search of those who carry meat or wine in their cargoas they explain.
It has not been confirmed that they have found any, nor that they have looted the trucks’ cargo.
All vehicles, private cars and trucks, can circulate without any restrictions on the highway in the France-Spain direction.
A spokeswoman for the Prefecture (Government delegation) of the Pyrenees-Orientales department confirmed to EFE the blocking of the highway for vehicles arriving from Spain.
In its X account, the Rural Coordination (second union in the agricultural sector in France) had anticipated its intention to block “all trucks in the Spain-France direction” although cars would circulate normally.
“We want once again for the anger to be heard and the farmers despair“, had stressed the president of this union in the Pyrenees-Orientales, Philippe Maydat, who highlighted among his demands the demand for “urgent aid to save our farmers.”
This Tuesday, the CR organizes different actions throughout the country, like the National Federation of Agricultural Operators’ Unions (FNSEA, the largest agricultural union) to pressure its Government because it considers that they have not obtained most of the demands. that motivated their protests a year ago.
In this case, the claim that appears first is the abandonment of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur that the European Commission is trying to carry out with the support of a majority of the governments of the member countries, including Germany and Spain, but with the total opposition from France.
To put pressure on Brussels, the French Government announced this Tuesday that it will propose the organization of a debate in Parliament, followed by a vote, knowing that there will be an overwhelming majority against this treaty.
France, on the other hand, is trying to establish an alliance of community countries that can impose a veto and prevent the completion of the pact.
(With information from EFE)
