In Greece, farmers have intensified their agitation over delays in European Union subsidy payments following a corruption investigation into the country’s agricultural payments agency.

Farmers are also demanding state support for rising production costs, livestock disease losses, weather damage, and long-standing structural problems. They have rejected a government invitation for talks, vowing to escalate protests that have disrupted traffic across the country for a third week.

The decision was made during a nationwide meeting of farmers’ representatives yesterday. Farmers said that they would first submit a list of demands and only engage in dialogue after receiving concrete government responses.