Agriculture

Members of the primary sector, including tractors, demonstrated this Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz against the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur and in defence of the food sovereignty of the Basque Country. In the protest called by Araba Bizirik, Ataca, Bionekazaritza and UAGA, they have denounced that this agreement puts food health and safety at risk,  "It opens the doors even more to multinationals that use hormones that are banned in Europe."

Amid applause from Klaxon and local walkers, some 8,000 farmers and 500 tractors from all over the state have returned to the centre of Madrid. s have protested against the Common Agricultural Policy of the Basque Country and the cuts and losses resulting from the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement.  Farmers from the Basque Country have also come; at least 35 farmers from the Ataca group in Álava have taken part in the protest.

Amid applause from Klaxon and local walkers, some 8,000 farmers and 500 tractors from all over the state have returned to the centre of Madrid. s have protested against the Common Agricultural Policy of the Basque Country and the cuts and losses resulting from the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement.  Farmers from the Basque Country have also come; at least 35 farmers from the Ataca group in Álava have taken part in the protest.

Along with the strings to protect the doughnut and throat, the oxen tests have a special place in San Blas, but this year the City Council has had to make adjustments to the program due to dermatosis. 

The presence of cattle at fairs and exhibitions shall be prohibited, but Members of Parliament may, exceptionally, authorize the presence of cattle from the same farm under certain conditions, which may make the holding of shows and sokamuturras of carnival cowboys knocking on the door.

Meat producers believe that the EU-Mercosur trade agreement will lead to unfair competition. Ardo and oil producers expect to increase exports. Unternational trade is a threat to the agricultural sector, so they do not rule out continuing protests.

Today, January 15, 2026, the Government will decide whether the conditions for attending tomorrow's meeting of the Joint Transfer Commission are in place; the doctors in Osakidetza will have a second day of strike, after yesterday's, to demand their own status; and the farmers and farmers in Hego Euskal Herria will make a tractor march towards Biriatu. 

Convened by Ataca Treviño and the Araba Landaren Alde Association, they were planning to protest again today at A-1, but they have finally abandoned it on the grounds that there has been a high turnout in this week's calls and that their demands have been heard. 

Yesterday, the Ertzaintza prevented farmers and farmers from leaving for the A-1 on the grounds that they were not allowed to do so. After receiving permission from the Basque Government, the tractors will be able to go on the motorway. 

The opening of the road will ease the traffic jams on the border with Lapurdi, where long lines of trucks have accumulated these days, yet the agricultural sector conflict remains open.

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks, not least because of the agreement reached by the EU with Mercosur and approved by the Member States, an economic pact which will regulate trade between South America and Europe and which benefits some sectors and may harm others. 

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks, not least because of the agreement reached by the EU with Mercosur and approved by the Member States, an economic pact which will regulate trade between South America and Europe and which benefits some sectors and may harm others. 

the organization warns of the consequences of "a scenario that allows the marketing of meat from Brazil or Argentina", which sets a price "well below the production costs" of a Basque farm.

Gipuzkoa will vaccinate 42,500 cattle against nodular dermatosis during the mandatory vaccination campaign that began this Friday in the territory and will be completed within approximately two months on 1,900 farms.

France and Hungary, among others. 

This has been announced by the President of Ataca, Raúl Beitia (an independent association of farmers and farmers in Treviño and Álava) on the second day of protest against the new Common Agricultural Policy. Half a hundred tractors have concentrated in front of the Basque Government in Vitoria before a new march will take them to the Subdelegation of the Government.

France, Hungary and Ireland have publicly said that they will reject the treaty, but in the last few hours Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has declared that they have welcomed the latest European Commission release.