Escalation of their reactions with long-hour closure of national roads and march to Athens farmers are expected to decide on Thursday. A pan-Hellenic meeting of farmers is planned for 12 noon on Thursday, in order to decide the next steps. The majority of the farmers propose an escalation of the mobilizations and tractors in the center of Athens, as they consider that their basic demand, tax-free oil, was not met.

The majority of farmers seem to be calling for a hard line, suggesting they go down with the tractors of Athens, with all that entails. There are two proposals on the table, one to go down with the tractors to Athens during the weekend and the other to carry out the march during the following week.

The government, for its part, declares that it does not discuss behind closed doors, emphasizing at the same time that the fiscal margins for greater benefits have been exhausted.

Farmers insist that the benefits announced by the prime minister to the committee of 15 who moved to Maximou do not solve their problem and that they face a real problem of survival of their businesses, as the cost of cultivation exceeds their income.

On Wednesday, the farmers proceeded to close the national road in Atalanti, as well as the customs office of Evzones, where there was also tension with the presence of a prosecutor.