A symbolic blockade of the E65 junction was made on Monday afternoon by farmers, escalating their mobilizations.

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Earlier, apples outside ELGA offices in Larissa the farmers threw from the area of ​​Agia, who angrily They request compensation From the summer hailstorms that hit the area. Shortly after 11am, apple producers gathered outside the Larissa branch and demanded that the findings were issued to be compensated.

At the same time, apple producers are complaining about a series of problems, as many have not been compensated by the devastating floods of 2023, as well as the “de minimis”.

“We are complaining today outside ELGA, because in July 2024, when the hail hit us and we have lost our productions, we have not been compensated to this day, because the findings have not yet come out and we will see if they come out by the end of February, To get paid in April, “said farmer Vassilis Smyrlis.

“Many colleagues are still waiting for Daniel compensation, and we are also having trouble with De Minimis, who we do not know if we will get the money. You have wondered how we live our families in these conditions. How can anyone live without income? Let ELGA and the government answer us, “he added.

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For his part, the President of Anavras Cooperative Yiannis Zacharakis stressed that “our main problem is the estimates that have not yet come out of the hail that fell at the end of July. Nothing has been done. ELGA needs reform and we do not know what they cook for us, without us. “