Farmers’ demands not met, reps say

After a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Mansion, representatives of protesting farmers have said that their demands have not been met by the government and that their demonstrations, highway road blocks and lifting of toll booth barriers will continue.

Speaking to public broadcaster ERT, one of the farmers' representatives, Rizos Maroudas, said that the road blocks will be strengthened in order to fulfill their demands, which will determine their "survival."

At the meeting, the government proposed further support measures for farmers who have been protesting for weeks over rising energy costs and competition from abroad.

"I believe we can find common ground, taking into account your justified concerns," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told farmers' representatives ahead of the meeting.

The government announced that...