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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Manu Fernndez and Joseph Wilson

Spanish farmers protest ecological threshold for Tagus River

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Farmers protested in Madrid on Wednesday against a governmental order to provide ecological protection for a river, a move they see as a threat to the water resources they need to irrigate their crops.

Several hundred protesters — bused in from the southeastern region impacted by the plan — rallied in front of Spain’s ministry for ecological transition, demanding the resignation of Minister Teresa Ribera.

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