Farmers and livestock breeders as well as representatives of other parts of Greece’s primary production sector will escalate their protests despite the assurance by the government to meet some of their demands.
Protesters are determined to spend the Christmas days on the country’s highways and national roads clsing and opening them with their tractors.
“This is mockery” protesters from at least two of the main protest blocks told media after Rural Development & Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras announced four government measures early Monday afternoon.
These measures refer to:
⦁ energy: through the provision of stable and low-priced agricultural electricity;
⦁ fuel: specifically the cost of agricultural diesel at the pump;
⦁ the Hellenic Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA): with immediate regulatory changes to ensure compensation covers 100% of insured losses;
⦁ support for the sectors under the greatest pressure, such as livestock farming and certain crops.
⦁ The new aid will come from unallocated basic aid funds, resulting from the consolidation of OPEKEPE and targeted cross-checks carried out by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
Tsiaras invited protesters again to dialogue and there are reports that the Prime Minister is still struggling to meet some representatives tomorrow, Tuesday, even though protesters had rejected over the weekend his dialogue offer for 5 o’ clock today Monday.
According to the government narrative, citizens are against the protests and the troubles they face to cross the country. However, latest public opinion polls have shown that the overwhelming majority of Greeks support them at 85.1%.
Στο «Βαρόμετρο GPO 2025» που παρουσίασαν σήμερα το πρωί τα Παραπολιτικά 90.1, το 85,1% (!) θεωρεί δίκαια τα αιτήματα των αγροτών και το 64,8% (!) δικαιολογεί τα #αγροτες_μπλοκα
Ας μείνει η ΕΡΤ τώρα να βγάζει δυσαρεστημένους για τους αγρότες – τους παίρνει από αυτό το 13,6% pic.twitter.com/lIy9ttmsdr— e-tetRadio.gr (@tetRadio) December 15, 2025
Earlier today, Parapolitika FM presented the resulta of a poll “Barometer GPO 2025”: 85.1% of respondents said they considered the farmers’ demands fair and 64.8% justify the farmers’ blocks.
“Dissatisfied” with the protests are 13.6%.
It is the third week that protesters are on the roads.
