Greek farmers block Athens motorway as fallout from illegal subsidies fraud continues

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Greek farmers block Athens motorway as fallout from illegal subsidies fraud continues  The blockade comes after dozens of people were arrested last week in a spiralling farm fraud case that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by the organisation in charge of distributing EU farm funds.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/01/greek-farmers-block-athens-motorway-as-fallout-from-illegal-subsidies-fraud-continues  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Greek farmers are escalating their protest against the government, demanding immediate

00:05payments of subsidies from Opekepi, the agency responsible for distributing EU agricultural

00:11subsidies and protesting the increased production costs alongside low prices of their products.

00:18The blockade comes after several people were arrested last week in the spiraling farm fraud

00:23case that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by Opekepi, a scandal

00:30that has provoked farmers and brought extra scrutiny to subsidy payments in Greece.

00:36On Sunday, major incidents were reported in central Greece, specifically in the Thessaly

00:41region where farmers managed to break through police blockades and block the critical Athens-Thessaloniki

00:48national highway with tractors.

00:51According to an announcement by the Greek national police, two police officers were

00:55also injured and three arrests were made.

00:58With no assurances or statements from the government, the protests are expected to spread across Greece

01:04until the 5th of December with more road blockades, a tactic frequently used by farmers to put pressure

01:11on the authorities.

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