Several of the electoral polls from recent weeks reveal that VOX may lose votes in the upcoming Andalusian elections, also among the people of the countryside, one of the sectors that the party holds as a banner.
However, the lead candidate for Almería and national spokesperson for Work and Field, Rodrigo Alonso, does not value said polls. "From VOX we never believe the polls, we believe the polls from the street, what the citizens tell us. In the countryside, farmers and ranchers tell us that they are fed up with complying with the demands and requirements imposed on them from Brussels and that producers from outside do not comply."
VOX is one of the parties most critical of the approval and entry into force of the Treaty with Mercosur, and in that sense, Alonso continues to speak out against it: "The countryside is very clear about it and knows that this type of policy, that of commercial agreements that foster unfair competition, such as Morocco and Mercosur, hinder generational replacement and they know perfectly well that the Partido Popular and the Partido Socialista are guilty. VOX is the only one that defends them and will repeal the commercial agreements that cause this unfair competition", he concludes.
The battle, in the field
As polls reflect a drop in votes for VOX, its representatives are fighting mainly in the countryside. Thus, in recent days they have criticized the Popular candidate and president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno, as an "olive tree uprooter" in the face of the expansion of photovoltaics. The number two for VOX in Córdoba, Juan José Coca, described Moreno Bonilla as an "olive tree uprooter" because "numerous solar projects planned in Andalusia threaten thousands of hectares of cultivation and could cause the elimination of nearly 500,000 olive trees, directly affecting agricultural employment and the survival of many rural municipalities".
For their part, the VOX deputy in Almería, Rocío de Meer, also declared last Thursday that "they are destroying the legacy of entire generations who have lived, who have worked, who have cared for those olive trees" and in the face of this they are betting on a "sovereign Spain" where our clean energies do not depend on devastating our fields, but on innovation, respect for the land and common sense".