A protest rally at Syntagma Square concluded on Tuesday evening with farmers from all of Greece calling on the government to meet their demands, ANA reports.
At least 6,500 participants with more than 160 tractors and agricultural machinery were at Syntagma, according to estimates, while 112 buses transported farmers from several regions to Athens.
Their consistent demands were for a lower fuel price, a drop in electricity cost to 7 cents/KW, and subsidies for fertilizers, animal feed, and equipment. They said that the measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis when he met with the Panhellenic Blockades Committee were not enough.
Farmers also spoke of cheap imports from non-EU countries that are of doubtful quality and resold at higher prices than Greek ones. “This year, when our animal capital was reduced, where did the milk come from, and not only that, the price the farmers were paid fell?”
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