The PPE Deputy Agriculture Spokesman, Juan Ignacio Zoido, urges Sanchez to recover lost time and put pressure
enough to prevent this damage from being consumed.
Zoido: If you are not able to bend Trump, we will ask
producers and promotion aids they can
compensate the sector.
Gamarra: The commitment of the PP is to respond to the challenge
Trump tariff from unity of action to all
The levels: European, national, regional and local
Ashtrays: We share the concern of the sector and
We will be by your side to defend your interests.
The PEP MEP and Deputy Agriculture Spokesman,
Juan Ignacio Zoido, has assured farmers, ranchers and the sector
La Rioja agribusiness who have "the support of the Popular Party,
member of the first political force in Europe. We will put all our
skills, efforts and dedication at the service of farmers and ranchers
to get unfair measures for the wine and oil sector – which
supposes the tariff increase announced by the US – cannot be taken to
cape".
"I am sure that in the EU there will be a single decision to
defend farmers and ranchers against an unfair decision that,
especially, it hurts Spanish farmers and ranchers. There is not
right for them to pay the consequences of a commercial fight between two
airlines ”, he added.
“We will continue trying until the end to convince the Administration
Trump that raising tariffs on wine or oil is not going to mean
benefit for Americans, on the contrary. Thanks to the efforts of the
producers, American consumers can buy products today
Spanish of great quality at a very competitive price, something that will not be possible
increasing tariffs, ”he said.
Juan Ignacio Zoido has made these statements today, day 16, before
maintain, together with the President of the PP of La Rioja, José Ignacio Ceniceros; the
Deputy Secretary of Social Policy of the PP and Candidate for Congress, Cuca Gamarra;
and the Senate Candidate, Ana Lourdes González; a work meeting with
representatives of the Professional Wine Organization of Rioja, the Council
Regulator of the PDO Oil of La Rioja and representatives of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Federation of Companies of La Rioja.
A meeting in which, among other issues, the
consequences of the US decision to increase tariffs on
Spanish products such as wine or oil up to 25%, which would mean
loss of thousands of jobs and millions of euros for the sector
Spanish food industry.
The PPE Deputy Agriculture Spokesman has pointed out that “we look at
Future with optimism. We will demand the Government of Spain, such as La Rioja and
to the rest of the communities, form a common front for the defense of the sector
of wine and olive groves, firmly and clearly, as Germany and France did when
They threatened threats to the automobile sector. Since you have lost a
precious time, Pedro Sánchez must make enough pressure to not
consummate this damage and avoid these unfair tariffs that do not benefit
nobody".
“If they are not able to bend Trump’s will, we’re going to ask for
application of compensatory measures aimed, for example, at the promotion of
our products in other countries, as well as to avoid ruining the
exemplary effort of many generations of producers, ”he said.
Juan Ignacio Zoido has pointed out that, if the Trump Administration continues for
In the same way, the EU could adopt a series of measures aimed at
imposition of some tariffs on US products. "At the match
Popular we are not in favor of the imposition of tariffs, we defend the free market.
We will defend quality and value professionalism and
sustainability of agri-food productions ”.
Similarly, the Deputy Secretary of Social Policy of the Popular Party and
PP candidate from La Rioja to Congress, Cuca Gamarra, has praised the work
by Juan Ignacio Zoido and the PPE in the Eurocamara at the time of “facing the challenge
of tariffs, of exerting the necessary political pressure as well as in the
time to negotiate aid ”.
Cuca Gamarra has moved Rioja wine growers and
Oil producers in our Community, as well as other producers
affected by the measure, “the commitment of the Popular Party with them. The
Agriculture is one of the engines of the Spanish and Riojan economy. The
Tariffs raised by the Trump Administration represent an unfair measure,
for our farmers and ranchers, harmful and ineffective, because it will not
Get what you want that way. The Popular Party's commitment is
respond from the unit of action at all levels, European, national,
Autonomous and local. Only then can we help the sector. ”
The Candidate of the PP of La Rioja to the Congress has lamented that the
diplomatic negotiation has not been carried out in advance and has indicated that
the PP will work in two lines: production aids and measures to favor the
Promotion of our oil and wine.
For his part, the President of the Popular Party of La Rioja, José Ignacio
Ashtrays, thanked Juan Ignacio Zoido for La Rioja, and has
pointed out that this political formation “shares the concern of the wine growers
and oil producers of La Rioja. We will be by your side with proposals for
avoid this US tariff proposal or to alleviate it with a series
of aid to producers ”.
NEED TO GUARANTEE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN CATALONIA
In another order of things, asked about the situation in Catalonia, Juan Ignacio
Zoido, former Minister of Interior, has stressed his "deep concern" and the
need to “take measures to guarantee freedom and the rights of all
the people who live in Catalonia ”. Similarly, he pointed out that “the
sentences, whether shared or not, are followed, because that is an essence of the
democracy, as is the exercise of rights and freedoms ”.
In this regard, he thanked “the efforts that, once again, are
making the members of the State Security Forces and Bodies to
safeguard the rights and the free coexistence to which the
Catalans and all Spaniards. ”