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Mass Protests in Spain Over Price Hikes, Transport Sector Strike


Fri 25 Mar 2022 | 05:36 PM
Ahmed Moamar

Strikes and protests continue in almost all parts of Spain, due to the price hike, with the transport sector strike continuing into the 11th day, which caused losses estimated at millions of dollars, according to the agency "La Prensa Latina".

The demonstrations took place under the slogan "Control prices, protect jobs and stop the deterioration of living conditions" at the invitation of the largest unions and labor committees in the country.

The agency indicated that about 200,000 people took to the streets of Spain under the slogan "Together for the Rural", and hundreds of thousands of farmers, ranchers, and fishermen from all over Spain demonstrated in Madrid and other Spanish cities in protest against "the policies that stifle the countryside and the activities and customs associated with it." it," according to the speakers who organized the rallies.

The organizers of the protests confirmed that the number of participants was estimated at 400,000 people.