Greek farmers, who have been rallying for the past two weeks by blocking major roads, decided to take their protests to Athens next Monday, as they announced today, Wednesday, during a meeting on the Athens-Thessaloniki National Road at the Nikaia junction.

The farmers walked on the highway and symbolically blocked the traffic to Athens.

The members of the pan-Hellenic coordinating committee of the road blocs are in constant contact with the leaders of the political parties, in order to meet with them, to present their demands, and to hear their proposals.

The day after tomorrow, Friday, the president of the Hellenic Solution and member of parliament for Larissa, Kyriakos Velopoulos, will visit the Nikaia blockade at 11:00 in the morning.

Immediately after, the farmers will meet the leader of the major opposition party of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, who will participate in a meeting of farmers at the cultural centre.

The farmers in central Greece on Sunday blocked a highway with tractors and poured cans of milk on the ground to protest against rising energy costs.

Hundreds of tractors were parked on the major transport route outside the city of Larissa as part of the protest.

The farmers were demanding the abolition of the electricity price adjustment clause, which the government said reflects changes in the price of oil and natural gas imports. Protesters were also calling for lower fuel taxes.

Greek farmers say they are determined to shut down all the country’s major highways if the government doesn’t meet their demands.