02:23Spain: Protesters march through Madrid in defence of bullfighting, rural traditions
Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Sunday, in defence of traditional Spanish rural pursuits and livelihoods linked to bullfighting and hunting.
Politicians from the parties Vox, Ciudadanos, People's Party and Podemos also marched together, as they will now sit with the organisers to present proposals for issues relating to the rural economy. "We have to support, beyond our party differences, so many Spaniards who depend on the rural economy,” said the secretary general of the Vox party, Javier Ortega Smith.
Protesters said bullfighting and hunting shouldn't be prohibited, as they are both old Spanish traditions. "The bull issue is a question of freedom. It will stop when people don't want to go and see them," believes Francisco Chan Mendes, president of a hunting club in Galicia and a member of the Rural Alliance group.
02:23Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Sunday, in defence of traditional Spanish rural pursuits and livelihoods linked to bullfighting and hunting.
Politicians from the parties Vox, Ciudadanos, People's Party and Podemos also marched together, as they will now sit with the organisers to present proposals for issues relating to the rural economy. "We have to support, beyond our party differences, so many Spaniards who depend on the rural economy,” said the secretary general of the Vox party, Javier Ortega Smith.
Protesters said bullfighting and hunting shouldn't be prohibited, as they are both old Spanish traditions. "The bull issue is a question of freedom. It will stop when people don't want to go and see them," believes Francisco Chan Mendes, president of a hunting club in Galicia and a member of the Rural Alliance group.