After the farmers protest in Madrid, hundreds of tractors return to their cities, Spain - 21 Feb 2024
Half a thousand tractors arrived this Wednesday in the center of the capital and at 6:00 p.m. they began to leave for their towns of origin after a protest in which 4,000 attendees participated, as reported by the Delegation of the Government in Madrid. Coming from several cities in the interior of the country, hundreds of farmers with their respective tractors left the Spanish capital after standing in front of the Ministry of Agriculture. The unrest in the Spanish countryside, which for weeks has materialized with 'tractors raids' in the vast majority of Spanish cities, has reached Madrid. This Wednesday, at least 500 tractors, distributed in five columns and accompanied by about a hundred buses full of farmers, arrived in the capital with the aim of demonstrating in front of the Ministry of Agriculture. The tractors arrived from the surroundings of the capital to concentrate in a coordinated manner at the Puerta de Alcala (first point) from Torrejon de la Calzada, Arganda del Rey, Robregordo, El Espinar (Segovia) and Guadalajara. Spanish farmers and ranchers are protesting the crisis in the sector and the agricultural policies of the European Union, the Government and the Autonomous Communities. They maintain that their situation is extreme, which is why they demand urgent and coordinated action by the administrations.
