Madrid/Seville, (EFE) the Spanish strawberry from Germany and a few days after knowing the electoral advance.
“The Commission for the Environment, Nature Protection, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of the German Bundestag has decided to for the moment give up its long-planned trip to Andalusia,” according to a statement from this body.
As detailed, the objective of the trip was to exchange experiences and gather information on a topic that interests both countries. “Climate change and its consequences”.
The text adds that “German-Spanish relations are characterized by a deep mutual respect for the institutions and democratic processes of the other party.”
Trust between Spain and Germany
“Our two countries are united by a friendship based on trust that has grown over the years. We trust that we can continue this exchange in the future,” according to the text of the statement.
The issue of irrigation in Doñana has been confronting the central government with the Junta de Andalucía for months. Especially for the cultivation of strawberries in the area adjacent to the national park.
The situation worsened even more a few days ago. After the Board of Directors of the agrarian organization Asaja requested the resignation of the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera. “For her messages encouraging the boycott of strawberries from Huelva.” Upon learning of the campaign of a German citizen organization to demand that supermarket chains in that country not sell strawberries from Spain. In order not to contribute to the desiccation of the National Park.
Despite the cancellation of the visit to Doñana, the Spanish Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Morán, met this afternoon with German parliamentarians at the headquarters of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, in Madrid.
Previously, Teresa Ribera, in statements to the media, disassociated herself from said visit. And she argued that the trip was “usual custom” and “transparent” among the representatives of the Bundestag. And that the idea came directly from the German Parliament.
The Government denounces the lack of consensus
The Doñana issue is “an enormously important matter for the Spanish, for the Europeans and for all environmental defenders,” the minister argued.
He added that what corresponds at this time is to “resolve the matter” within the Spanish borders themselves. “Where the problem has been generated, in the Andalusian Parliament”, which he has asked to take “a step back”.
In his opinion, “the irrigation proposal brought to the Andalusian Parliament has been made without any kind of consensus. Without paying attention to science, to the protection of Doñana, in a space considered a cathedral of the environment”.
The Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, has spoken along the same lines. For whom the visit of the German deputies “has nothing to do with the Government of Spain”. Rather, it responds to the “insane” initiative of the PP and Vox de Andalucía to expand irrigation in areas without water. And against European legislation.
Treason, according to the Junta de Andalucía
For its part, the Junta de Andalucía has criticized the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, whom it has said has “backfired” after the decision of the German parliamentarians to forego their visit to Doñana.
This has been stated by the Andalusian Sustainability Minister and spokesman, Ramón Fernández-Pacheco, who before learning of the suspension of the visit of the German parliamentarians had accused the Sánchez government of committing “great treason” and “great irresponsibility”. considering that he had encouraged the “hoax campaign” against Huelva agriculture, turning the “Andalusian countryside into a permanent electoral battlefield.” EFE
