With tractors and buses thousands of farmers are heading to Athens on Friday for their nationwide rally and a protest outside the Greek Parliament in downtown as traffic police has imposed restrictions in main avenues of the city.
Approximately 100 tractors are expected to park outside the Parliament opposite the Syntagma square.
Απόβαση αγροτών στην Αθήνα – «Καμία από τις δεσμεύσεις-ψίχουλα του πρωθυπουργού δεν έχει υλοποιηθεί»#ingr #news #αγροτες pic.twitter.com/hpzgDbPjjl
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Protesters are expected to start arriving in the Greek capital at 15:00 and make their way to Syntagma Square, where the official protest is to start at 16:00. They plan to spend the night in the square and depart on Saturday afternoon, Friday 14, 2026.
Άρχισε η Απόβαση των αγροτών στο Σύνταγμα.
Μια κίνηση αγωνίας, θυμού και απόγνωσης απέναντι σε μια κυβέρνηση που συνεχίζει να εξευτελίζει τον πρωτογενή τομέα.
Οι αγρότες δεν ζητούν ελεημοσύνη· ζητούν δικαίωση και αξιοπρέπεια.
Αλληλεγγύη στους αγρότες. ✊ pic.twitter.com/1NbDhdfKs0
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Approximately 130 farmers, livestock breeders and bee keepers from Chania, have already arrived in Piraeus as early as 6 o’ clock in the morning.
A meeting point for protesters from central Greece is Afidnes in Attica. Escorted by a traffic police patrol car, protesters on some 40 tractors head to the city center through Kifissos Avenue and other major roads in the city.
Other farmers are arriving in buses, which will be parked at the OAKA stadium, while some tractors are expected to arrive on trucks.
High production costs continue to be the central issue in their protest, with demands for guaranteed prices for products, a change in ELGA agricultural insurance rules and payment of 100% compensation.
The farmers are angry saying that “none of promises-peanuts by the Prime Minister has materialized.” PM Mitsotakis and several ministers met with a multitudinous delegation of protesting farmers beginning of January after over 50 days they spent on the roads, blocking highways, tolls and custom offices. No relevant legislation has reached the Parliament for voting, so far.
Traffic Restrictions
Due to the arrival of the farmers, the traffic police have imposed special traffic restrictions in the center of Athens and main Attica roads, which will be applied gradually and depending on the conditions that prevail.
The biggest problems are expected at the entrances into the city, on the Athens-Corinth and Athens-Lamia national highways and on Athinon Avenue as the tractors approach.
Traffic restrictions are expected to affect vehicles on central Athens roads, including Stadiou, Panepistimiou, Akadimias, Amalias Avenue and Vassilisis Sofias Avenue.
