Three main Spanish agricultural unions announce joining the angry movement of European farmers. They want a "relaxation" and a "simplification" of the common agricultural policy, as well as an "ambitious action plan" at the "level" Agricultural demonstrations have been increasing for several days in the European Union, and mainly in France, where farmers have been blocking eight highways around the capital since Monday.
Spain is, along with France, Italy, Germany and Poland, one of the main agricultural powers in the EU, but the country has been facing a historic drought for three years.