Spanish farmers today blocked the main roads throughout the country, as well as the port of Malaga.
Demonstrators are demanding improved working conditions in the countryside, respect for food chain laws, better prices for their products and reductions in diesel taxes, Spain's RTVE reports.
A group of about 80 tractors set off from the city of Avila towards Madrid, with the intention of blocking the Mercamadrid market, but a police cordon stopped them a kilometer from their destination.
A farmer was arrested in Valladolid this morning for attacking a policeman during the blockade.
The A-4 highway that connects Madrid to Córdoba is also blocked in both directions. Important roads are also blocked in Girona, Valencia, Tarragona, Maceda, Seville...
Spanish farmers have thus joined protests across Europe, from which farmers demand higher prices for their products, as well as a reduction in the influence of bureaucracy.
They complain that environmental measures imposed in the EU have reduced their competitiveness compared to farmers in Latin America and European countries that are not members of the EU.
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