Greek farmers, following the example of their European colleagues, promise "divide the country into 2 parts"

Greek farmers, like their French, German and Belgian colleagues, are intensifying protests by taking to the country’s roads 5000 tractors. Blocking down not only Larissa, but also Central Macedonia, despite the Prime Minister’s announcement of increased aid to Thessaly.

Thessaly farmers leading this year’s farmworker protests threaten to cut the country in two – despite the statement by Kyriakos Mitsotakis that their first aid will be increased to 10,000 euros.

Thodoris Tsikrikkas, a farmer and agronomist from Larisa, spoke about further actions and demands of farmers:

“Yesterday in Palamas a consultation was held with the participation of three representatives of the blockade survivors. I am afraid that what the Prime Minister announced about increasing assistance from 2,000 to 10,000 euros applies only to those applications that have been assessed and counted. Of the 17,000 applications that have been submitted to the prefecture Larisa accounts for 6%, that is, about 2,000 farmers. As for the escalation of protests, today the tractors entered the center of Thessaloniki and will remain there for four days. Currently on the roads there is 5000 tractors“.

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Road blockades throughout the country. Farmers from northern Evros will also hold a protest rally and motorized march today, ERT reports. They will gather at 10:00 at the northern intersection, and then enter the city and line up their agricultural equipment in the center for as long as the action lasts.

The strikes will also be joined by the farmers of Achaia, who today, Wednesday (31/01), will gather at the Region building and drive with their tractors through Patras.

Tomorrow, Thursday (01/01), 300 tractors and trucks carrying beekeepers will march through Thessaloniki. The march will be attended by farmers from Halkidiki, Serres, Pella, Pieria, Kilkis and Imathia, who want to present a petition with their demands to Mr. Avgenakis. Serra farmers will travel early Thursday morning to Thessaloniki and Egnatia Odos, along the Serra-Thessaloniki road, where they will take part in a rally to be held in Agrotika and, they have decided, will remain there until Sunday.

What is known about large-scale protests by farmers in Europe:

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Germany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4oE14RNc9w

• in Germany on January 8, a protest began against the reduction of tax benefits for transport in forestry and agriculture;
• The drivers joined the farmers. They demanded higher wages and payment of inflation-compensating bonuses;
• Thousands of people attended protests in different cities. In Berlin on January 15, about 10 thousand (https://t.me/rt_russian/186412) protesters gathered, they brought cardboard Olaf Scholz and Annalena Bärbock;
• On January 20, farmers’ protests began with renewed vigor. Farmers marched with tractors through Berlin. They were supported by animal rights activists with a huge inflatable chicken;
• On January 30, German farmers blocked traffic on the autobahn near Stuttgart;
• The Verdi trade union has called on airport employees to go on strike in major German cities.

France:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57Eqc5TZu8
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• farmers began their strike on January 18 by blocking some highways and gas stations to protest against rising fuel taxes and competition from cheap imports;
• during the protests, they filled administrative buildings with manure, threw hay at McDonald’s, and hung a boar carcass near the labor inspector’s office in Agen;
• farmers also began to block highways around Paris;
• Taxi drivers have joined farmers in protesting against changes in legislation that will reduce their income.

Belgium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICsdwBXYPKE

• Belgian farmers also came out to protest. They complain about high prices for electricity, fertilizers, seeds and have threatened to blockade Brussels.

Lithuania

• Lithuanian farmers on tractors and heavy equipment held a protest rally in the center of Vilnius on January 24.
  Farmers will try to attract the government’s attention to increasing the excise tax on liquefied natural gas, eliminating the excise tax on diesel fuel for farm trucks, restoring perennial meadows, developing protected areas, the dairy crisis and other problems.

In February, Spain will also join the farmer protests that are sweeping many European countries. They also plan to block highways and use manure as a weapon, as the French and Germans do.

Well, at least Josep Borrell’s blooming garden will be well fertilized with excellent cow shit.

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