Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-07-19
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[01] Peach producers' mobilisations
[01] Peach producers' mobilisations
Peach producers from Pella prefecture are due to meet with agricultural
development minister Sotiris Hatzigakis or ministry officials at noon
on Monday, as the producers continued their road blocks for the fourth
consecutive day on Sunday.
Just before his meeting with the producers, the minister is due to meet
with the MPs from Pella and Imathia prefectures.
Peach producers from Pella and Imathia prefectures in northern Greece
launched blockades along the Egnatia Odos national motorway and the
Thessaloniki-Veria national highway on Thursday, lining up tractors and
forcing motorists to take lengthy detours.
The producers appeared split over the future of their mobilisations on
Saturday after a package ofmeasures announced by the government the
previous evening, following a meeting in Athens between producers'
represenatives, canning industry representatives and the minister.
The peach farmersā representatives rejected the measures stating that
their mobilizations will continue, as opposed to the canning industries
that expressed the will to consider them.
Pella producers, in a meeting on Saturday, decided to escalate
mobilisations, whereas Imathia producers decided on Saturday night to
suspend their mobilisations.
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