Greeks protest, almost half oppose austerity

allesennogwat · 06-18-2011, 05:51 PM

By Michael Winfrey and Renee Maltezou

ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greeks marched on parliament on Saturday in a show of unabated public anger after Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed to push on with an austerity campaign that a poll showed half the country opposed.

In a move meant to stifle dissent in his Socialist Party, Papandreou on Friday dismissed Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, architect of a new five-year austerity program that has sparked weeks of protests.

The reshuffle coincided with a pledge by France and Germany to continue funding Athens, a move that may have bought Greece and its fellow euro zone members time to prevent a messy default, even if doubts over its longer-term solvency persist.

The European Union and International Monetary Fund have made the reforms a condition for a new bailout package worth an estimated 120 billion euros ($170 billion) that Greece, shut out of markets, will need to fund itself through 2014.

Around 5,000 protesters from the Communist group PAME marched into Athens' central Syntagma square -- where demonstrations turned violent earlier this week -- chanting "the measures are killing us!"

French activists also performed with a three-meter puppet depicting a bloodied figure of Lady Justice to rhythmic drumming, in a gesture of solidarity with Greek protesters who have camped in the square for three weeks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110618/...Vla3Nwcm90ZXM-

TheGreek! · 06-18-2011, 06:09 PM

I am ashamed of my people. They have become communists and need to be crushed....

Semper AK · 06-18-2011, 06:14 PM

Infants crying for a bottle...

TheGreek! · 06-18-2011, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Semper AK

Infants crying for a bottle...

Thats going on here too, they're called the devilcrats and the communist unions that they support...You think Greece is bad? Wait until we tell the commies that live here that their free ride is over, you aint seen nothing yet....

flopshot · 06-18-2011, 06:30 PM

wut ? can't they eat cake ?

drjarhead · 06-18-2011, 06:59 PM

I agree with them.

Screw it. Let the whole thing come crashing down.

dethangel · 06-18-2011, 07:10 PM

They should invest in a printing press like we did.

Jonny Detroit · 06-20-2011, 04:22 PM

It would be the best thing to happen to my city. Welfare needs to be replaced by workfare and the convicts need to be put to task rather than loafing.

Tomfoolery · 06-20-2011, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drjarhead

I agree with them.

Screw it. Let the whole thing come crashing down.

I 2nd.

3rds and

4ths

THIS.

edit - lol, I disagree with them but I'll agree in this case. It's progressive .^^

jwag74 · 06-20-2011, 11:15 PM

Short sighted fools. Take a little pain now or loose everything later.

06-18-2011, 05:51 PM	#1
allesennogwat Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 3738 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 32,184	Greeks protest, almost half oppose austerity By Michael Winfrey and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greeks marched on parliament on Saturday in a show of unabated public anger after Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed to push on with an austerity campaign that a poll showed half the country opposed. In a move meant to stifle dissent in his Socialist Party, Papandreou on Friday dismissed Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, architect of a new five-year austerity program that has sparked weeks of protests. The reshuffle coincided with a pledge by France and Germany to continue funding Athens, a move that may have bought Greece and its fellow euro zone members time to prevent a messy default, even if doubts over its longer-term solvency persist. The European Union and International Monetary Fund have made the reforms a condition for a new bailout package worth an estimated 120 billion euros ($170 billion) that Greece, shut out of markets, will need to fund itself through 2014. Around 5,000 protesters from the Communist group PAME marched into Athens' central Syntagma square -- where demonstrations turned violent earlier this week -- chanting "the measures are killing us!" French activists also performed with a three-meter puppet depicting a bloodied figure of Lady Justice to rhythmic drumming, in a gesture of solidarity with Greek protesters who have camped in the square for three weeks. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110618/...Vla3Nwcm90ZXM- __________________ Daraclor: A brand of anti-malaria pills which we had to drink every week while on the border. Legend had it that these would make you turn yellow and that you wouldn't be able to tan.

06-18-2011, 06:14 PM	#3
Semper AK Member AKaholic #: 114964 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA, MI Posts: 261	Infants crying for a bottle... __________________ "There must be some restraining influence upon the wills and passions of men, and the less there is from within, the more there must be from without" Edmund Burke

06-18-2011, 06:30 PM	#5
flopshot Veteran Member AKaholic #: 5483 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,506	wut ? can't they eat cake ? __________________ Chris Mathews reveals to everyone that obama is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach.....

06-18-2011, 06:59 PM	#6
drjarhead Mad Doctor AKaholic #: 5952 Join Date: May 2006 Location: on a lake in the forest Posts: 27,010	I agree with them. Screw it. Let the whole thing come crashing down. __________________ The United Socialist States Govt is the enemy, both foreign and domestic Fight or Die

06-20-2011, 11:15 PM	#10
jwag74 Veteran Member AKaholic #: 41158 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mt Pleasant, Michigan Posts: 1,201	Short sighted fools. Take a little pain now or loose everything later. __________________ "The illusion of freedom [in America] will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater." --Frank Zappa

06-18-2011, 06:09 PM	#2
TheGreek! FAA certified Aircraft Mechanic Silver Contributor AKaholic #: 157160 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tucson Arizona Posts: 17,103	I am ashamed of my people. They have become communists and need to be crushed....

06-18-2011, 07:10 PM	#7
dethangel Senior Member AKaholic #: 31932 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: mobile,AL Posts: 536	They should invest in a printing press like we did.

06-20-2011, 04:22 PM	#8
Jonny Detroit Veteran Member AKaholic #: 70965 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Detroit Mi Posts: 1,467	It would be the best thing to happen to my city. Welfare needs to be replaced by workfare and the convicts need to be put to task rather than loafing.

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