Omonia square has been blocked by the tractors from the second convoy of farmers, while around 145 tractors are in Syntagma.

After the tractors crossed Agios Constantinos in reverse they have arrived at Omonia square, without stopping the honking for a second.

tractor

tractor

Several of the tractors are heading towards Syntagma Square which is gradually filling up with farmers and tractors.

farmers

Vice-president of the union federation of Karditsa: Dwe will not de-escalate the fight today

At the same time, the vice-president of the union federation of Karditsa, Sotiris Giannakos, said that the farmers are not going to de-escalate their mobilizations today.

“We continue our action. We are in Omonia, about 145 tractors are already in Syntagma. People gather from all over Greece. Many buses got off at OAKA. They keep coming by train. And from here, from Omonia, we will continue towards Syntagma. We will have a big rally at 18:30. We came here to take this action against the agricultural policy of the government, which does not meet our demands even if they are nothing more than production costs, i.e. oil and electricity, it does not compensate for the floods in Thessaly, it does not control Greekization. We are here continuing the struggle and to answer the prime minister what he said yesterday that we will de-escalate today with this rally, we will not de-escalate the struggle today. This too will be done and we will continue back to the block, The farmers will make the decisions.”

farmers

farmers