Luis Planas, new minister of Agriculture

Luis Planas, ex-councilor of the Junta de Andalucía in two stages under the presidencies of Manuel Chaves and José Antonio Griñán, and former ambassador in Morocco and before the European Union, will be Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Government of Pedro Sánchez, sources have confirmed. environment of the chief executive.

In his last stage as Andalusian councilor he was immersed in the final phase of the negotiation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). However, now he will have to negotiate in Europe as minister a new reform of this CAP and defend the interests of Spain.

With this appointment, the new President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, already has three Andalusians in his cabinet, along with Cordovan Carmen Calvo as Vice President of the Government and Minister of Equality and María Jesús Montero as Minister of Finance.

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