Farmers, ranchers, irrigators and hunters from all over Spain take to the streets of Madrid this Sunday in an event that they describe as "historic" and with which they seek to claim a future for the rural world with several open fronts: increase in energy costs , of raw materials, the drought, the war in Ukraine and the strike of carriers in Spain. A "great demonstration" of the primary sector that has been convened by the '20Mrural' platform, which brings together the agricultural organizations Asaja, COAG, UPA, as well as the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation (RFEC), the National Office of t
Farmers, ranchers, irrigators and hunters from all over Spain take to the streets of Madrid this Sunday in an event that they describe as "historic" and with which they seek to claim a future for the rural world with several open fronts: increase in energy costs , of raw materials, the drought, the war in Ukraine and the strike of carriers in Spain. A "great demonstration" of the primary sector that has been convened by the '20Mrural' platform, which brings together the agricultural organizations Asaja, COAG, UPA, as well as the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation (RFEC), the National Office of the Hunting (ONC), to the Rural Alliance, Union of Breeders of the Fighting Bull (UCTL), to the National Federation of Irrigation Communities of Spain (Fenacore) and to Agro-food Cooperatives. In statements to the media, the general secretary of COAG, Miguel Padilla, stated that the rural world is coming to Madrid this Sunday to ask for "respect and support" and to express its commitment to continue producing food for the population, although it has demanded that the Government intervene or correct the price of energy, an "urgent and forceful" shock plan so that the viability of the farms and the flexibility in the CAP is possible. For his part, the president of Asaja, Pedro Barato, has asked the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to "remove from the Executive those ministers who attack the countryside, livestock, hunting, bullfighting and the rural world ". The organizers have estimated the attendance of more than 400,000 people through the streets of Madrid, since more than 1,500 buses have arrived from all over Spain. Government Delegation, meanwhile, reduces this figure to 100,000 attendees. The 20M Rural brings together for the first time sectors such as agriculture, livestock, hunting, fishing and many others related to the rural world, but also many others affected by the policies of the different regional administrations, the central government and community in
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