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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - Profile]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["A star is born": The Government's strategy with Joan Simonet that slows down Vox but not the crisis in the countryside]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/star-is-born-the-government-s-strategy-with-joan-simonet-that-slows-down-vox-but-not-the-crisis-in-the-countryside_1_5850012.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/fd98913b-9e12-4ccb-a19e-0be4ae517910_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Joan Simonet has not changed his phone number: almost the entire agricultural sector has his personal contact. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries has his own profile that in recent months the Government has tried to exploit by posting videos where he appears hunting snakes, <a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/simonet-swims-in-trenc-to-deny-the-lack-of-protection-and-the-networks-respond-no-matter-how-much-he-dresses-as-an-environmentalist-he-doesn-t-fool-us_1_5784663.html" >soaking at Es Trenc </a>and walking around the port. “A star is born,” claim sources from the Executive branch, who consider the goal of preventing Vox from making inroads in the countryside, one of the far-right's fixations, to have been met. But despite the minister's popularity, the crisis in the primary sector does not subside. After the closure of iconic companies like Agama, Piema, S’Esplet, and Carob, now it is also in doubt whether the agrarian law will move forward, a regulation on which Simonet has worked throughout the entire legislative term.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Mascaró]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:40:32 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Simonet has the support of the countryside, but four emblematic companies have already closed]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The closure of companies like Piema, S’Esplet or Carob and the uncertainty about Vox's support for the new agrarian law mark the mandate of the head of Agriculture and Fisheries, who maintains the support of the sector]]></subtitle>
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