“The Prime Minister under the pressure of the agricultural mobilizations, was forced to admit the incompetence of his government, saying that the announcement on the suspension of electricity cuts to flood-affected farmers made last November, has not yet been voted by the Parliament. Therefore, the government is in a hurry to file a relevant amendment (today), since “the Holy Spirit also wants it”, says in his announcement the deputy of Arcadia, an. Head of Agricultural Development-responsible for livestock breeding SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Giorgos Papailiou.

In the announcement entitled “So little, so late” he continues:

“But the problem of agricultural-livestock electricity is not limited to the flood-affected farmers of Thessaly.
Agricultural-livestock electricity is an element of the exorbitant cost of animal production-breeding and concerns the entire agricultural-livestock world, which faces a survival problem.
In this context, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance has proposed for the immediate relief of farmers and breeders:
-) the institution of non-payment of the Special Consumption Tax on agricultural oil for all producers.
-) reducing the price of electricity, through the imposition of a ceiling
-) the aid for the purchase of fertilizers and animal feed for as long as the precision crisis lasts.
-) the reduction of VAT on agricultural supplies.
-) the reduction to zero of the VAT on food.
-) the financing of farmers and breeders, by granting microcredits

These immediate implementation measures, and in addition the normalization of aid from OPEKEPE, the regulation of agricultural-livestock loans, the completion of grazing management plans, the fight against Greekization and counterfeiting and other interventions, must be included in a strategic reconstruction plan of the countryside that makes it alive and sustainable”