Road at Tempi opens after farmers’ conclude protest

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The national highway at the Tempi pass opened again on Friday afternoon after the end of a two-hour blockade by hundreds of Greek farmers protesting against planned changes to their pension system, taxation and against high production costs.

The farmers at the Tempi road block have now invited representatives of other farmer road blocks to come to Kilada, in order to exchange views and coordinate their action. The highway is expected to close again at noon on Saturday due to the protesting farmers’ meeting.

They are asking for the prime minister to intervene and resolve the issues that concern them and begin dialogue from scratch.

Following the protest at Tempi, representatives of the Tempi road block left for those of Kouloura, Alexandria and Malgara to show symbolic support.

Meanwhile, farmer were protesting and blocking roads in other locations throughout the country, along the Athens-Thessaloniki highway, where the road was closed for roughly one hour in the lanes heading north from Athens to Lamia. More than 600 tractors have turned out to join protests and farmer unions are now trying to rally their forces at the Anthili junction by Sunday for a major road block.

Representatives of the farmers said that the Athens-Lamia highway will close each day at noon for about an hour until Monday, when new decisions will be taken.

Traffic through was allowed to move freely on the service roads, which the farmers had left open, and in the lanes from Lamia to Athens.

The lane from Lamia to Athens was then closed at 13:30 for about half an hour by protesting farmers at Livanates, at the 140th kilometre of the highway, but traffic was again allowed to move freely on the service road.