“I regret that the meeting was not held earlier due to the stubbornness of some. I never asked what everyone was voting for. I will make announcements on electricity, VAT alfalfa, and land ownership immediately afterwards.” With these words yesterday afternoon, and after 3.5 hours of exhaustive discussion with farmers and ranchers from all over Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis concluded a meeting that had content and symbolism.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will hold two separate emergency meetings with protesting farmers on Tuesday, after a rift in the protest movement made a unified negotiation table impossible.

New decisions are expected tomorrow, as farmers plan to determine their next steps. Specifically, at 11 a.m., a meeting is scheduled in Malgara to set the exact time when farmers will reopen the National Road. Then, at noon, farmers in Halkidiki will withdraw their tractors and allow traffic on the Thessaloniki-Moudania National Road at the Triglia junction.