Raisin farmers took to the streets in Athens, Greece

Published Nov 5, 2021

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Approximately 300 farmers from Greece's Peloponnese and Crete regions protested in Athens, demanding urgent solutions to the agricultural sector's chronic issues and problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The farmers, particularly raisin producers from Mora, are struggling with large unsold stocks and significant financial difficulties, leading to a dramatic decrease in produce prices. They are calling for the government to remove the stocks and compensate the producers. The protest ended peacefully, with minor tensions and under tight police security. The farmers have threatened more actions if their demands are not met.

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- Farmers took to the streets in Athens ATHENS - About 300 farmers from Greece's Peloponnese and Crete Island came together in the capital, Athens, to protest to seek urgent solutions to the important and chronic problems of the agricultural sector. While the raisin producers of Mora reported that they had large stocks of produce due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, the protesters chanted slogans against the Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food, Spilios Livanos. About 300 farmers from Greece's Peloponnese and Crete Island protested in the morning in the capital Athens, seeking urgent solutions to the important and chronic problems of the agricultural sector and for the problems in agricultural production caused by the corona virus (Covid-19) epidemic. Protesters, holding banners with the slogans "Pull back the raisins", shouted slogans against the Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food, Spilios Livanos, in Syntagma Square in Athens, stating that Livanos did ...

Source: Sondakika