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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-26
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[01] Farmers meeting in Nikaia decide to escalate protest action
[01] Farmers meeting in Nikaia decide to escalate protest action
ANA-MPA -- Representatives of farmers at 37 protest road blocks
throughout the country on Tuesday decided that they will further escalate
protest action against proposed pension reforms and tax measures,
after a meeting at the Nikaia Arts Centre in central Greece.
They announced plans to extend their blockades of national highways to
six hours a day, at times to be decided by the individual protest blocks,
though their intention is for road blocks to be coordinated and occur
at the same times. They will also seek to join forces with other social
groups, participating in other strike action, such as the February 4
general strike.
Regarding the prospects of dialogue with the prime minister, the farmers
said the government must first take its proposals for pension reform and
taxation off the table, starting dialogue on these issues from scratch,
while the talks must also examine the matter of production costs.
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