Workers in the primary sector ask in Madrid that the laws be adapted "to the reality of the countryside" Several representatives of opposition parties support the march and criticize the policy of the Government of Pedro Sánchez. Thousands of farmers, ranchers and other workers in the rural world have demonstrated this Sunday in Madrid in a large march with which they have denounced "the continuous threats" suffered by the primary sector due to "ideological and economic interests" that endanger their subsistence . The march is called by the Association for the Development and Defense of the
Workers in the primary sector ask in Madrid that the laws be adapted "to the reality of the countryside" Several representatives of opposition parties support the march and criticize the policy of the Government of Pedro Sánchez. Thousands of farmers, ranchers and other workers in the rural world have demonstrated this Sunday in Madrid in a large march with which they have denounced "the continuous threats" suffered by the primary sector due to "ideological and economic interests" that endanger their subsistence . The march is called by the Association for the Development and Defense of the Rural World (Alma), which includes more than 500 associations from the first sector, and has started at 12:00 in the Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz in Madrid , in front of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, and has reached Plaza de Carlos V, in Atocha, where the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is located. The demonstrators -some 6,000, according to sources from the Government Delegation in Madrid-, have come from all over Spain and show banners in defense of agriculture, livestock, fishing or hunting and chant chants such as 'Yes, yes , yes, the field is already here". Participating in the march are 40 tractors, 50 horses, 15 carts pulled by oxen, working dogs and pets, as well as falconry birds. In addition, the farmers want to remind society that the field "never fails" and give as an example moments such as the confinement of spring 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic or the arrival of 'Filomena', when despite the difficulties there was no lack of food in supermarkets. That is why they demand that consumers and society "support and protect" them so that they can continue to carry out their tasks and believe that, without the rural world, Spain would not be what it is today. Several representatives of opposition parties have attended the march and have criticized the policy of the Government of Pedro Sánchez regarding the rural world and have recalled th
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