What they report about the disasters in Thessaly from the floods
Addresses to the Prime Minister of the country farmers by letter sent to Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday night (7/2). In it they describe all their demands, as they were determined at the Panhellenic meeting of all the blocs in the country, while they make special mention of the catastrophic floods in Thessaly.
What the farmers’ letter says in detail:
“Mr. Prime Minister, on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, a pan-Hellenic meeting of all the blocs of the country was held in Nice-Larissa, in which the requests we have to the Government were discussed and jointly decided upon.
REQUESTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL BLOCKS OF THE COUNTRY
-Reduction of production costs with measures such as:
-Establishment of rural tax-free oil
-Ceiling of 7 cents/Kwh in the agricultural stream
– Subsidy of means, supplies and animal feed and abolition of VAT.
– That the New CAP not be implemented and renegotiated.
-Replenishment of lost income in crops that have a loss of production that is not covered by ELGA as well as in plant and animal products that were sold below production costs. Compensation from ELGA for all damages and diseases at 100% of the actual damage and not the insured value.
– To take measures and carry out checks by the Government to stop the “Hellenization” of plant, animal & beekeeping products.
-Prices that cover production costs so that we have income for our livelihood and cultivation needs.
– Infrastructure projects for the anti-flood shielding of the Country.
APPENDIX ON THE DISASTERS IN THESSALIA
– We consider it a separate and imperative issue to be notified of a schedule for the drainage of the nearby flooded villages and fields. Timeline of the construction of the tunnel, necessary for the anti-flood shielding of the wider area, firstly for possible Daniel-type disasters and secondly for health reasons.
– We ask that the flooded lands as well as the estates that will not be cultivated until they become productive be compensated with amounts that will cover the basic living needs of the producers. Specifically for Thessaly and B. Fthiotida.
– An advance payment of 50% for the fixed equipment must be paid by the state aid immediately and the payment must be made immediately after the inspection. Final compensations must be made at 100% of the value of the fixed capital destroyed. In addition, the emergency aid of €6,600 should be immediately granted to the beneficiaries who were not given a rent allowance to those who were forced to leave their homes and rent another residence. At the same time, first aid should be given to those who did not receive it. The farmer needs a liquidity boost to meet basic living needs.
-Final compensation prices for all crops hit by the weather that will cover at least the actual cost of cultivation (ELGA).
-Suspension of the application of the CAP in derogation of the rules of irrigation for the years in which the flooded estates are not cultivated, as well as for those that are impossible to cultivate or irrigate.
-Immediate payment of linked aid for liquidity reasons
– We demand immediate restoration by the GOEB, Municipalities, Region of the road network, irrigation network (TOEB), electric network (DEDDIE) and with state responsibility to carry out a study and implementation of flood protection and shielding projects.
– We demand replenishment of the income of the breeders until their animals, their stable facilities are restored and they obtain a subsistence income.
