This Sunday morning, farmers are maintaining blockades at several key points on the Catalan road network. The AP-7 remains cut in both directions along an 18-kilometer stretch between Borrassà (Alt Empordà) and Vilademuls (Pla de l'Estany). Cuts are also maintained on the N-II between Bàscara and Pontós (Alt Empordà) and on the C-16, between Berga and Casserres.
The most economically sensitive blockade remains at the access to the Port of Tarragona via the A-27. Furthermore, the C-38 at Coll d'Ares (Ripollès) has restricted truck passage. These cuts are a direct protest against the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.
On the other hand, protesters lifted the A-2 cut in Fondarella, in Pla d'Urgell, on Saturday afternoon, and blockades in Sort and Pont de Suert were also called off. The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Òscar Ordeig, celebrated the end of these cuts in Lleida.
“"responsibility to the rest to avoid greater evils."
Farmers gathered at the Port of Tarragona have demanded that Minister Ordeig travel to Madrid to secure clauses that must protect Catalan agriculture. Spokespersons for Revolta Pagesa warned that they see it as "very difficult" to lift the encampment and that they "can hold out for a long time" thanks to organized shifts.
The EU-Mercosur agreement, which is yet to be signed, would allow the massive arrival in Europe of cheaper Latin American products without the same quality and safety requirements applied to local producers. This is the main concern driving the protests.
