Nikos Androulakis in the block of Boiotia Castle

The President of PASOK-Change Movement met with farmers at the Boiotia Castle on Wednesday morning, Nikos Androulakis.

“The fact that in just ten days the New Democracy government changed its proposal to the farmers proves the carelessness with which it plans. None of what they have proposed addresses the insecurity that has plunged the country’s agricultural world due to the cost of production, which has increased by 25% in recent years. Due to the situation in ELGA, which does not compensate for the very large disasters due to the climate crisis. Due to the incorrect planning of OPEKEPE regarding the new Common Agricultural Policy. Last month millions of euros did not enter the accounts of our farmers from direct payments” Mr. Androulakis noted in his statements.

The President of PASOK-Movement for Change identified the need to have a strategic plan “because without the primary sector, without the farmers, without the breeders, the Greek region will languish. As PASOK, we stand by their struggle, without populism.”

“We proposed 7 measures – also yesterday in the Parliament – that deal with the major issues of this strategic sector of the country’s development, such as the abolition of the Special Consumption Tax on oil. Also a very important measure is the priority in terms of connecting farmers, breeders, cooperatives and processors with large renewable energy parks to have stable production costs in the coming years. And, of course, interventions that will modernize ELGA. We owe it all to be put into practice in order to be resilient, competitive in the great challenges” concluded Mr. Androulakis.