There are no dangers to public health from the strike of the civil agriculturalists and veterinarians, but major damages have been done to the agricultural economy, stressed deputy Minister of Agriculture Vaggelis Argyris, in statements to the MPA.
Everything on the market has already been checked he said, and explained: Meat and other products imported from other EU member states have already been checked prior to their arrival to Greece, and bear the required stamps. Products from other countries have been blocked and are not on the market.
Great damage has been done to the agricultural economy, pointed out Mr. Argyris. To the producers who cannot put their products on the market and watch them spoil, as well as to the imports and exports of meat, vegetables and other products that have been blocked.
Meanwhile there is no problem at Greece's customs in Promachonas and Evzoni in the importing of meat, according to the reassurance of their directors, despite the strike.
On the contrary, the trucks are still parked only at the Ormenio customs on the Greek-Bulgarian borders, while Burlagian, Romanian, Russian and Greek drivers are waiting for the fourth week of the strikes to end. The directors of both the Promachonas and the Evzoni customs supported that checks are being carried out normally, while the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Kalliris, supported that the government has not even considered an emergency hiring agriculturalists. “We want legality to be applied. Whatever the court has decided must be applied.”
In fact, Minister of Culture Giorgos Drys, who also gave his reassurance that the products reaching consumers' tables are safe, stated that the door of dialogue is open for agriculturalists, while he made mention of an effort of theirs to “overstep legality with union tricks”.
Everything on the market has already been checked he said, and explained: Meat and other products imported from other EU member states have already been checked prior to their arrival to Greece, and bear the required stamps. Products from other countries have been blocked and are not on the market.
Great damage has been done to the agricultural economy, pointed out Mr. Argyris. To the producers who cannot put their products on the market and watch them spoil, as well as to the imports and exports of meat, vegetables and other products that have been blocked.
Meanwhile there is no problem at Greece's customs in Promachonas and Evzoni in the importing of meat, according to the reassurance of their directors, despite the strike.
On the contrary, the trucks are still parked only at the Ormenio customs on the Greek-Bulgarian borders, while Burlagian, Romanian, Russian and Greek drivers are waiting for the fourth week of the strikes to end. The directors of both the Promachonas and the Evzoni customs supported that checks are being carried out normally, while the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Kalliris, supported that the government has not even considered an emergency hiring agriculturalists. “We want legality to be applied. Whatever the court has decided must be applied.”
In fact, Minister of Culture Giorgos Drys, who also gave his reassurance that the products reaching consumers' tables are safe, stated that the door of dialogue is open for agriculturalists, while he made mention of an effort of theirs to “overstep legality with union tricks”.
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