Anger and resistance to the bitter end. The watchword of farmers and shepherds is: don't give up. And the protest extends to Northern Sardinia, with a permanent protest similar to the one underway for about ten days in Cagliari replicated in Porto Torres .
So on board their tractors, this morning at 9.20, they reached the seaport of Porto Torres and will remain there for at least five days . They positioned their vehicles and banners, kept in view with clear messages against EU policy: "We warn farmers who have self-produced seeds and ancient seeds to keep some of them safe and distribute them to more trusted people. It's very important,” we read on one of the signs placed in front of the port.
Another message is addressed to Europe: "I don't understand why you want to give worms for food to your people instead of our grain from our countryside" .
In the square in front of the Ponente pier they set up a gazebo to protect themselves from the cold and rain and to eat meals. About fifty people shared lunch, aware that they will have to take turns day and night to continue the battle. In the afternoon there will be a slowdown in traffic when boarding the liner . State police riot trucks and carabinieri patrols were on site.
Massimiliano Gobbato, 54 years old, farmer from Santa Maria La Palma, Alghero, among the promoters of the event . “There is a lot of anger, this Europe doesn't make us do anything, it's only penalizing us,” he says. Then he lines up the requests: « We ask for our rights to be respected, for our products to be valued and paid fairly, for our taxes to be lowered, for the price of diesel and fertilizer to be lowered, because we can no longer go forward like this. ».