Another group of protesting farmers in Greece, billed as representing the majority of roadblocks set up along many of the country’s highways, on Wednesday afternoon announced that they’ll sent representatives for talks with the government, notably headed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself, while leaving roads open and abandoning an idea of rolling farm equipment into central Athens.
The groups of protestors, called the “coordination body of farmers’ blockades”, met in the town of Palamas, in central Greece’s Karditsa prefecture, part of the Thessaly plain, where the most militant producers are assembled.
According to reports, 25 representatives of protesting farmers and stockbreeders – along with five observers – will head to Athens to meet with Mitsotakis and the agriculture ministry’s leadership, possibly on Friday or Monday.
Protesting producers in the country set up roadblocks in various highway junctures and even at border crossings, off-and-on, for the past 45 days in demand for higher subsides on electricity and diesel fuel, as well as a less strict regime for registration of agriculture-related lands, among many other demands.
Stockbreeders have demanded higher compensation for herds culled due to the ongoing sheep and goat pox.
Another group of protesting producers met with Mitsotakis at his Maximos Mansion office last week.
