The farmers continue the symbolic blockades of national and provincial roads – On Friday at 11 the nationwide meeting of farmers in Sindo Thessaloniki for the establishment of a committee – What is the government preparing to give
With successive roadblocks, farmers intensify their mobilizations while at the same time preparing for a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis next monday or tuesday. The government remains open to dialogue with farmers on condition to keep the roads openas repeated today by the government representative, Pavlos Marinakis.
Since noon, farmers, breeders and beekeepers have been blocking national and provincial roads until they meet the prime minister and discuss their demands, while they also set up roadblocks on Thursday afternoon.
It is expected to take place on Friday morning at 11 o’clock nationwide meeting of farmers in Sindo Thessaloniki where they will decide on the people who will make up the committee that will be set up and will have a meeting with the prime minister. What the government is asking for is that the committee that will go to Megaros Maximos be made up of farmers from all over the country.
What will the discussion include?
What the government is communicating from its side regarding the upcoming meeting with the farmers is that the economic data is very specific. However, there is the possibility ofagree with the farmers on two things, according to what the journalist, Yiannis Kantelis, reported on the main SKAI news bulletin. First, concerns the advance payment of the excise tax on oil so that the money can be given to farmers sooner. Secondly to facilitate energy especially for the farmers of Thessaly, i.e. lower electricity prices.
The discussion is expected to have two strands, the first will be for the general claims which are the cost of production and the second leg which is the damages caused by the bad weather Daniel. Farmers are expected to ask the government for timetables and the amount of compensation that will be given.
Continuous symbolic roadblocks
At the same time, the farmers are adamant, proceeding daily with symbolic road blockades.
On Thursday afternoon, farmers closed the Athens-Patras road towards Patras for half an hour. At the same time, farmers in western Achaia closed the Patras – Pyrgos junction in lower Achaia. Also, farmers of Achaia and Aetoloakarnania are planning next Saturday to open the tolls of the Rio – Antirio bridge.
The farmers of Melgari also went ahead with a symbolic blockade of the Thessaloniki-Halkidiki national road at the height of Nea Moudiania on Thursday afternoon. They also closed a part of the Thessaloniki-Athens national road in Melgara.
Also, farmers from Ioannina and Thesprotia closed on Thursday night the 1st km of the Egnatia Road, resulting in long queues of trucks that wanted to go to the port of Igoumenitsa.
Earlier on Thursday, the agricultural blockades went through a symbolic blockade of half an hour at the junctions of Derveni, on the highway Thessaloniki – Kavala and Strymonikou on the highway Egnatia Thessaloniki – Serres as well as at other points in the prefectures of Imathia, Pella and Pieria, such as the junction Niselio on the Egnatia road Thessaloniki-Veria, Giannitsa and Chalkidona.
Source: Skai
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