But after Thursday’s European Council summit in Brussels, Sánchez rejected Attal’s comments and praised Spanish produce. He said that its popularity was due to its superior quality.
“Our products’ success is the result of the huge innovative advances undertaken by the agricultural sector and the hard work of Spanish farmers,” the prime minister said.
Sánchez also took aim at negative comments made by former French Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal, who this week claimed that Spanish produce was “fake bio” and declared the country’s tomatoes are uneatable.
The Spanish prime minister listed off the rich variety of “delicious” tomatoes produced in his country and said he had no doubt they were the best in the world.
He also invited Royal to come to Spain and try them. “In no time at all she’ll see why they are unrivaled,” Sánchez said.
