Greek Farmer LIVE News | Greek Farmers Gear Up For Tractor Protest In Athens Over Rising Costs |N18L

Greek Farmer LIVE News | Greek Farmers Gear Up For Tractor Protest In Athens Over Rising Costs |N18L Farmers gather with their tractors at the toll stations on the national highway some 30 kilometres outside Athens, in preparation to enter the capital under police escort. Hundreds of Greek farmers were heading to Athens on Tuesday to demand financial aid after the government consented to an orderly protest in the capital. Farmers from around Greece are traveling to Athens in tractor convoys to demand more financial concessions from the government as the cost of living increases. Some 200 tractors formed the main convoy in central Greece heading southward on Tuesday, while thousands of protesters were expected to travel to the capital on chartered buses and ferries. The Greek farmers — whose demands are similar to those at widespread protests elsewhere in Europe — have spent weeks staging sporadic blockades along highways and in rural towns. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late Monday he would not be able to support additional tax breaks and concessions but insisted his center-right government wanted to continue talking with protesters. #greek #farmerprotest #greeknews #englishnewslive #news18live n18oc_world