US EditionFarmers Protest in Greek Capital over Rising Production Costs
- Thousands of Greek farmers gathered in Athens with tractors for an overnight protest at the parliament against the government's failure to address critical farming issues such as high production costs and delayed EU subsidies.
- Farmers have protested for months due to high costs, low product prices, and delayed EU-backed subsidies, which they say punish honest farmers and hinder planting.
- Despite some government concessions like fuel tax rebates offered after talks with Prime Minister Mitsotakis, farmers say their core problems remain unaddressed.
- Protesters oppose the EU-Mercosur trade deal, which lowers duties on imports, and have pledged to stay overnight at the rally outside parliament.
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The gathering of the Panhellenic Committee of Blocs in the center of Athens and the next phase of the rural mobilizations
Farmers protest in Greek capital over rising production costs
Greek farmers drove dozens of tractors into central Athens on Friday to protest over rising production costs and tough competition from abroad, saying that what the government had offered them so far was not enough to stay afloat.
Thousands of angry farmers from all over Greece converged in central Athens on Friday, driving tractors to Parliament with loudspeakers, for a nightly rally to protest what they call the government's failure to address problems that threaten its ability to produce crops.
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Angry Greek farmers converge on parliament with tractors in overnight protest rally
Greek farmers have driven dozens of tractors to parliament in central Athens for an overnight rally to protest what they say is government inaction that threatens their livelihoods.
Tens of tractors arrived early in the afternoon at the iconic Syntagma square, opposite the Greek Parliament, to demand from the Government urgent measures to reduce production costs and ensure the survival of the primary sector.From different parts of the country, farmers will remain concentrated overnight in the centre of the capital and have announced that agricultural vehicles will not leave Athens until Saturday at noon. At four o'clock in …
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