The PP denounces in the EU the passivity of the Government before the plague that is decimating Spanish cattle

The PP spokesperson in the European Parliament, Dolors Montserrat, and the Agriculture Committee MEP, Juan Ignacio Zoido, have denounced before the European Commission the lack of aid and action plans proposed by the Spanish government to combat Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease (EHE). ), plague that is decimating Spanish cattle.

It has been in a parliamentary question, in which they explain that after This pest will be detected in November 2022 for the first time in Spain and in the EUSpanish farmers have been suing the Sánchez government for ways to combat it, without success.

For this reason, and because Vaccines against the bite of this mosquito are prohibited in the EUMEPs have decided to ask the European Commission what plans it intends to implement to combat a pest with a high risk of spreading within the EU.

“In a context of drought and an increase in the price of inputs, such as fertilizers or energy, Spanish farmers see how they also have to deal with a plague of mosquitoes that is decimating their livestock and forcing them to pay large amounts of money to veterinary treatments Faced with this situation, The Government of Spain still has not communicated a shock plan against a disease that already affects cattle in several Autonomous Communities”.

Lastly, Montserrat and Zoido have asked the European Commission to express its position regarding the difficult situation in which Spanish farmers find themselves after the many recent challenges they have had to face.