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Farmers in Greece continue their protests despite dialogue with the government, here are the areas they will block today
2024-02-07 09:13:06 / BOTA
Pursuant to what they announced yesterday after the conference in Larisa, the farmers will march today in different areas of the territory, waiting for the government's answers to their demands, while at the same time a Rally of tractors is planned in Athens next week.
For its part, the government is not closing the dialogue window, it is waiting to see how the protests will develop, but at the same time it declares that any dialogue can only be done through open roads. In this spirit, the Minister of Rural Development, Lefteris Avgenakis, in his radio interview on Wednesday morning, addressed an invitation to the farmers, that a delegation of coordinating blocs come today or tomorrow to Athens for dialogue.
"The more the country's economy improves, the more we rationalize problematic issues. We are not finished, we are on a continuous course", Mr. Avgenakis said on SKAI radio.
Today's blockades
According to the information, the first farmers' blockade will take place at 13:00 by Central Macedonian farmers who will block the roads for half an hour in Malgara, Derveni, Strymonik, Halkidona, Kouloura.
Two hours later, at 15:00, the farmers of Almyros will close the Athens-Thessalonica highway.
The protests will be followed at 17:00 by the mobilization of the farmers of Thessaly who plan to close the roads at the checkpoints in Platykambos (PATHE), Karditsa (E 65) and Stefanovikio (old national road Larisa-Volos) as well as at customs for vehicles large food importers. At 18:00 and until 20:00, the farmers will block the roads in Nea Moudania.
For its part, the government is taking a wait-and-see attitude with farmers escalating their protests and holding meetings in Athens and unwilling to make hasty moves. Registering the demands that the farmers presented yesterday, after the meeting of the coordinating blocs, the Maksimos Palace responded to all seven points with actions that have already started, such as the return of EFK to oil and the 10% reduction for agriculture. current, the reduction of VAT for food ELGA compensations that exceeded 1 billion, exceeding the contributions of producers.
The government, however, does not want to close the window of dialogue for the protesting producers.
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