Normally in the village tractors are working in the fields or seen taking the whole family to church on Sunday mornings. Recently however local farmers have taken to the towns and main road causing total chaos and road blocks demonstrating in respect of the lack of payment of EU subsidies from the government.  To my eyes (the eyes of a foreigner living in Greece) this seems to happen this time of year, every year!  With the current economic climate and especially the position Greece finds itself in financially within the EU surely there must be a bit of give and take on both sides.  These road blocks in the rural towns and villages inconvenience only the locals; the road blocks on main motorways in and out of the country preventing entry of foreign trucks etc. may be a way of demonstrating, but will actually costing the Greek government millions of euros in damages to other EU counties......worsening the Greek debt and hence reducing even more the money available for internal expansion and payment.

If farmers want negotiations with the new government then plan them through the correct channels, have your unions represent you at both local and national levels....if they can not do this why have a union at all? This is a new government in power that you the people voted in......give them a chance..........................