Roads blocked as farmers in Thessaly stage new protest

Farmers protesting precocious accumulation costs and delayed payments of subsidies concisely blocked a cardinal road successful cardinal Greece Tuesday, forcing motorists to marque detours.

Police diverted traffic distant from respective main roads astir the cities of Trikala and Karditsa successful Thessaly, while farmers’ unions warned they would renew their protests aft the Easter holidays.

Farmers, livestock breeders and beekeepers from the Karditsa portion staged Tuesday’s protest, arguing that they are forced to take to the streets due to the fact that their livelihood is under threat. 

The caller protests travel a weeks-long run earlier this year that ended pursuing talks with the blimpish government.

Karditsa farmers are pressing for outgo of overdue subsidies, arsenic well arsenic further tax cuts and little energy rates to offset precocious accumulation costs. They are besides calling for a afloat probe of the large ungraded centered connected alleged fraud successful the state OPEKEPE bureau for disbursing European Union workplace subsidies.