Neither the announcement of €500m to subsidise diesel nor the promise to provide more details this Friday after the European Council meets have helped the Spanish government subdue hauliers, who have been on indefinite strike for ten days. On the contrary, the industrial action promoted by a minority association, the Platform in Defence of Road Freight Transport, has only gain sympathizers and has caused closures or alterations to a number of companies. "There has been political inaction," Spain's main business association, CEOE, wrote in a statement yesterday.