Violent scuffles broke out between demonstrators and police
A thousand or so farmers protested on Saturday in Almería against the agreement between the EU and Morocco to allow cheap Moroccan imports of tomatoes into Spain.
The regions of Murcia, Canaries, Valencia and Andalucía met on Sunday in a summit to discuss the problem which they say makes growing many fruit and vegetables in Spain unviable.
The demonstration in Almería city saw farmers from Málaga, Granada and Murcia, and attracted 5,000 according to the organizers, unions COAG, ASAJA and UPA, but just 1,000 according to the police. Violent scuffles broke out and the National Police charged against the demonstrators on one occasion.
Source: typicallyspanish.com
Publication date: 3/2/2009
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