Sky News
February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016
Farmers are staging a mass protest about the government’s planned pension reforms in Greece – a country which has the worst performing stock market in the world this year.
Agricultural workers from across Greece have begun gathering in the capital as part of a two-day protest.
Bailout lenders are demanding that Greece abolish tax breaks for farmers and impose pension reforms that will result in higher monthly contributions from both the self-employed and salaried employees.
The protests take place alongside official statistics which show that the Greek economy shrank 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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