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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politicsescalation. Underlying the anger are structural issues that go beyond the immediate cash flow
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Farmers’ fury grows as government scrambles for response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s farmers are intensifying their mobilisation, choking highways and border crossings with tractors as anger over subsidies and systemic dysfunction boils over, prompting the government to search for ways to quell the protests. What began as scattered blockades has now evolved
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Newsletter 487 - 05/12/2025
of the anger lies the scandal at OPEKEPE, the farm payments agency. Advance subsidies this year fell sharply
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PM’s rivals rally to farmers’ cause as protests continue across country
PoliticsGreek Politicsstage, and a signal that he may seek to capitalise on grassroots anger to carve out a new role
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Farmers’ protests escalate as political veterans express concerns about democracy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe stand-off between Greece’s government and protesting farmers intensified on Monday after demonstrators forced the closure of Iraklio airport in Crete, a dramatic escalation that underscored the depth of rural anger and placed fresh pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration
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Government suffers as farmers vow to continue protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsto intensify their protests and reject dialogue with the government for now. Anger over an error
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Farmers and government edge towards dialogue after weeks of escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe farmers’ anger at rising production costs and what they see as inadequate government support. The protests
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Farmers’ boycott scuppers PM meeting as Karystianou fleshes out political vision
PoliticsGreek Politicsto attend reflects both tactical calculation and genuine anger. Hardline groups believe that boycotting
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Athens walks tightrope as Trump rattles transatlantic ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAleksandr Lukashenko, raising further questions about legitimacy. A rejection would anger Trump
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Newsletter 494 - 13/02/2026
, Mitsotakis has been grappling with a more combustible problem: the simmering anger of farmers
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