Tsipras to farmers: If we don’t regain our national wealth, we can’t refer to pensions, income

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“If we do not regain our national wealth, we cannot speak either of income or pensions or exit from the crisis,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told representatives of protesting farmers on Monday, upon their arrival at the Maximos mansion.

Addressing the farmers, he said that “we cannot draft a policy for the productive restructuring of the country without taking into account your proposals and positions but at the same time you should take the overall problem of the country and the fiscal conditions under consideration.”

The government will submit a comprehensive plan for the protection of agricultural income and the strengthening of rural areas, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili on Monday said to ANA-MPA, noting that the majority of the farmers’ movement and roadblocks will be represented in Monday’s meeting.

Gerovassili expressed confidence that a fruitful and honest dialogue will be held and stressed that the government’s policy focuses on the productive reconstruction of the country.

ANA-MPA, Athens