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Greek Farmers Keep Up Nationwide Blockades Over Delayed EU Subsidies

Fraud investigations have stalled payouts, prompting a €3.7 billion pledge alongside plans to overhaul the subsidy agency OPEKEPE.

Overview

  • Tractors and trucks maintained at least 20 blockades on Tuesday, with intermittent restrictions at the Promachonas and Kipi border crossings.
  • Heraklion airport on Crete was shut by protesters on Monday and reopened around 0800 GMT Tuesday after demonstrators left, officials said.
  • Police used tear gas during clashes in Crete, with local media reporting injuries in Chania and an overturned patrol car.
  • Authorities say more than 40,000 subsidy applications are under review as the government urges talks and promises additional aid payments this month.
  • Protesters argue blanket reviews leave farmers in debt and unable to plant, citing a livestock pox outbreak and a reported €600 million shortfall in expected funds.