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Escalation of protests over delay in EU subsidies/ Greek farmers block border crossings

2025-12-03 16:41:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Escalation of protests over delay in EU subsidies/ Greek farmers block border

Farmers in northern Greece disrupted traffic at border crossings on Wednesday in an escalating protest over delays in payments of European Union-backed subsidies, linked to an investigation into a corruption scandal.

Tractor caravans blocked roads to North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey, forcing drivers to take long detours.

In the central city of Larissa, farmers emptied milk into the main square before continuing their march to reinforce local highway blockades.

Further north, in Serres, farmers set up roadblocks and some bypassed police checkpoints to march towards the customs office in Promahona, near the border with Bulgaria.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government is open to dialogue with farmers.

"I think that even our farmers understand that extreme actions, prolonged highway closures, customs closures, airport closures, these are actions that do not help their efforts. They cause problems for other social groups, even more so when the government has pledged to make December a month of significant income support for them, with the payment of significant amounts," he explained.

Farmers' protests are common in Greece, but the latest unrest erupted over delays in subsidy payments following revelations of fraudulent claims for EU funds.

The scandal led to the resignation in June of five senior government officials and the gradual closure of a state agency that dealt with agricultural subsidies.

Dozens of people have been arrested across Greece in recent weeks on suspicion of filing false claims in response to an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)./ CNA





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