Greek Farmers Block National Road for 2 Hours

At noon on Sunday thousands of people gathered in Nikaia, Athens to support Greek farmers. They blocked the national road (PATHE) for more than two hours and joined the farmers’ demonstration. Citizens, farmers and unionists from Thessaly, Athens and Thessaloniki participated in the demonstrations. Commercial truck owners also joined them by blocking the national road with their trucks. The rally was held under the close observation of the police. The protesters were allowed to enter the national road and they remained there shouting slogans against the government policy and in favor of the workers and farmers. At their meeting on Saturday, farmers from all over Greece scheduled a series of actions for the coming week. They had also asked to meet with the Minister of Finance Yannis Stournaras and on Monday a delegation of farmers is going to meet with the parties’ leaders. The union of commercial trucks of Thessaly, Central Greece and Western Macedonia also had a meeting on Sunday in Larissa where they scheduled demonstrations as well.

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