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Catalan Farmers Keep Key Highways Blocked for Third Day as Protests Intensify and Snow Complicates Travel

Organizers press to stop the EUMercosur pact, citing unfair competition from imports under looser rules.

Overview

  • The blockades hold on the AP-7 and N-II at Pontós, the C-16 between Casserres and Berga, the A-2 near Bell-lloc d’Urgell and Mollerussa, and access roads to the Port of Tarragona via the A-27 and T-11.
  • Protesters in Girona expanded the N-II closure to cars after demanding a call from Catalonia’s agriculture chief Òscar Ordeig, warning actions will continue without a firm stance against the deal.
  • Actions escalated on the C-16 with burning tyres, plastics and straw that produced dense smoke, prompting the Mossos d’Esquadra to halt traffic temporarily on the parallel diversion route.
  • A 20-year-old driver suffered minor injuries after crashing into a barricade at the C-16 Olvan blockade, according to the fire brigade.
  • Heavy snowfall in the Pyrenees has separately shut three mountain roads and made chains mandatory on about twenty more, with authorities urging drivers to plan alternatives or delay nonessential trips.