Protest: Greek farmers are already arriving with tractors in Athens

The Greek capital will be "seized" on Friday by farmers, as a national agricultural rally will take place at 4 PM at Syntagma Square. They will protest against the acute problems that remain in the primary agricultural sector of the country and after the blockades that lasted 54 days. The first farmers who arrived in Athens for the rally are around 200 farmers from Crete, who arrived by ferries, docking at the port of Piraeus just after 6 AM, reports ypaithros.gr. Farmers and livestock breeders who will descend with tractors from Thessaly, Central Greece, and Macedonia to the heart of Athens are already gathering with their agricultural machinery at the toll collection points. The President of the Agricultural Association of Platikampos - Yannis Koukousis, emphasizes that: "All this time we have been fighting to continue to stay in our fields, not only for ourselves but also for our fellow citizens who are consumers. Our products are sold at prices below cost, and as consumers we ...