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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
As farmers rallied in Athens on Tuesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in the Rhodope region, a key agricultural area in northeastern Greece, where he announced a 50 pct increase in the fuel tax rebate cap for farmers.
The timing of this pledge was far from accidental. With tensions rising over delayed subsidies and the fallout from the OPEKEPE scandal, as well as the damage caused by an outbreak of sheeppox, the government is keen to shore up support among rural vote...
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