Protesting farmers are not a “front” the government has to face but their problems do need to be addressed, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.
Referring to farmers in particular, Mitsotakis said he recognizes their concerns and said: “Since 2019, we have reduced taxation and insurance rates, provided incentives for further reduction of taxation in cooperatives, and activated the measure of reimbursing the special consumer fuel tax for 2022 and 2023.”
“In addition, we reduced VAT in animal feed, fertilizers, and farming machinery, and absorbed the high increases in electricity prices, while the total compensation paid out by [farmers’ insurer] ELGA from 2019 to the present exceeds 1 billion euros.”
He said that by March 22 at the latest, the cabinet will present its proposal to raise monthly minimum wage to 950 euros before the end of his government’s four-year term.
Source: Ekathimerini.com
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