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The Coordinator of Growers and Livestock farmers Organisations, COAG, will protest next Friday in front of the Ministry of Agriculture against a Spanish-Moroccan Joint Committee which is taking place that same day. The organisation does not understand why the Spanish Government is interested in negotiating with a country that systematically fails to comply with the protocols signed regarding quotas and import prices, causing serious damage to Spanish growers.
As COAG's representative for Fruits and Vegetables, Andrés Góngora, pointed out, "it is not acceptable for a Minister to negotiate with a country which is our top unfair competitor. Arias Cañete should ask the EU to enforce the conditions of the agreement so that all phytosanitary and customs requirements are met." "With meetings like this one, the only one benefitting is Morocco, which is offered a privileged position in the EU context," he affirms.
Finally, López asked the Minister that, "instead of worrying about his image in Morocco, giving a shameful spectacle to the Commissioner and to Europe, he should take political and diplomatic action, and even legal, against the EU for neglecting its duties, as it is not demanding Morocco to pay the tariffs they owe."
The Organisation held a meeting on Monday and another on Wednesday to brief growers about the protests scheduled for this Friday, 14 December, when the Spanish-Moroccan Joint Committee will take place.
