BBC News
By Guy Hedgecoe
February 6, 2024
Farmers in Spain have joined their European counterparts in staging protests across the country.
Like farmers elsewhere, they demand more flexibility from the European Union, tighter controls on the produce of non-EU countries and more help from their government.
In several regions, they blocked roads and caused severe disruption to motorists.
A large demonstration in central Madrid is planned for later this month.
On Tuesday, farmers took to the streets of agricultural areas in Spain’s northern interior, driving tractors in convoys, beeping horns, waving Spanish flags and brandishing placards.