Farmer protests spread to northern Greece

Farmers in the northern prefectures of Kozani, Kastoria, and Grevena, have staged protests and drove tractors in convoys towards towns to highlight problems in their sector that they say "threaten the sustainability of agricultural and livestock production."

Issues related to the implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are at the center of the farmers' concerns.

In Kozani, farmers held a meeting with the local mayor and regional government, blocking access to the latter's office for the duration of the meeting.

Farmers have said they intend to block the Egnatia motorway at the Siatista junction next week.

Dimitris Moschos, a farmer from Polykarpi in Kastoria, whose organic farm was awarded as the best in the EU in in 2023, said that the new CAP measures have reduced income from plant and animal products "by an average of 52%."