Protesting Farmers in Greece Present Their Demands to the Government

Protesting farmers in Greece have submitted a list of demands which they describe as a mandatory condition for lifting road blockades, Kathimerini reported.

In addition to the immediate payment of outstanding subsidies, the farmers are calling for:

Minimum guaranteed purchase prices above production costs
No fuel taxes and a special low electricity price of €0.07 per kilowatt-hour (compared with a household price of €0.099/kWh before taxes)
Abolition of the Energy Exchange
Abolition of VAT
Compensatory payments for all products whose prices in 2025 have fallen below production costs
Infrastructure projects (irrigation canals, flood- and fire-prevention facilities, rural roads)
Linking subsidies to production volume and the number of livestock
Protection of subsidies from confiscation
Removal from the property register of farms smaller than 8 hectares
Effective controls
An end to duty-free imports permitted under EU trade agreements, including those with Mercosur countries
A freeze on farmers’ obligations to social security, tax authorities, banks and energy companies, with debt rescheduling without interest or down payments
No cuts to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy in favor of “war preparedness” and military spending
An end to the requirement for electronic consignment notes for producers
Immediate doubling of pensions
An end to state repression and arrests. | BGNES