Tension between farmers and Greek gov’t escalates

Thousands of Greek farmers protest against the social security reform

More than 15,000 tractors are lined up in central points of Greek national road network and thousands of Greek farmers protest against the social security reform asking Greek government to withdraw the bill.

Today, farmers in Serres, Northern Greece burned flags of SYRIZA, while in Patras, Peloponnese, the farmers said that Deputy Minister for Social Security System is unwanted there.

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At the same time, farmers in Kefalovriso, Etoloakarnania, blocked the highway Antirio-Ioannina and expressed their dissatisfaction in an extreme way. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is presented as an ISIS militant who beheads the Greek farmers dressed up as prisoners of ISIS.

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