Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Agriculture, Corruption, Justice, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, PASOK-KINAL
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

The government’s latest attempt to defuse a long‑running standoff with Greece’s farmers appears to have fallen flat, with producers and livestock breeders returning to the streets of Athens on Friday in a fresh show of discontent.

Farmers from across the country were expected to converge on the capital, marking the newest chapter in a dispute that has dogged the conservative administration for months. Their mobilisation follows a wave of nationwide protests in December and early ...

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