Greek farmers who remain unmoved in their blockades have sent a festive message of determination, as they decorated a Christmas tree at the Prasina Fanaria location, transforming their protest site into a unique scene amid the holiday atmosphere. Moreover, they make it clear that they have no intention of moving unless their demands are met.
“We decorated a tree because we’ll stay here through Christmas and it looks like we’ll be cutting New Year’s cake here too,” one farmer characteristically stated.
According to reports, the tree at Prasina Fanaria is a donation from fir tree producers in Halkidiki.
Farmers intensify their stance
While blockades remain at critical points of the road network across the country, agricultural mobilizations are expected to escalate. Tomorrow Friday (12/12) farmers are planning a major demonstration at Thessaloniki port, aiming –as they emphasize– to highlight their demands without causing further traffic problems.
As stated by the head of the coordinating committee of the Malgara blockade, Kostas Anestidis: “Our goal is not to create traffic problems in the city of Thessaloniki, but to proclaim our demands for the survival of the primary sector in our country.” The meeting point for the motorized march to the port has been set at the entrance of the Malgara toll station, at 10 am.
At this time, a major agricultural mobilization is underway in Igoumenitsa. Farmers, livestock breeders, and beekeepers arrived with tractors and agricultural vehicles, after a motorized march in the city center, at the External Port, where police have blocked the road with a double blockade, patrol cars and vans at the entrance.
The farmers are determined to reach the 1st kilometer of Egnatia Highway to express their protest and are in negotiations with Police and Coast Guard.
In Kavala, farmers gathered at the regional administration building and threw milk, hay, tomatoes and grapes while they had blocked the building for hours.
Meanwhile, the Panhellenic Committee of Blockades is expected to convene in Nikaia on Saturday, at 12 noon, while issuing a warning to “willing ‘Trojan horses’ not to think of playing games behind the backs of the blockades.”
