Greece is “on the brink of the abyss”, President Karolos Papoulias has warned, after three people died during protests over planned austerity measures.
“We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void,” the president said in a statement.
It followed a day of violence during which protesters set fire to a bank, killing three employees.
Greece’s government has vowed to pursue the spending cuts – a condition of its 110bn euro ($142bn; £95bn) bail-out.
“We are prepared to pay the heavy political cost,” Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou told parliament during Wednesday’s debate on the bill.
“We are prepared to pay the heavy political cost,” Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou told parliament during Wednesday’s debate on the bill…..
Easy for the ministers to say when, as the ones who caused the mess, they will barely notice the suffering as they continue to dine out at state banquets and enjoy huge pensions, etc….
…Some animals are equal but some are more equal than others
As Greece is heading, so is Europe and so is the US. However can’t stop the gravy train because it might loose some votes now and besides we can always blame it on Bush, worst leader since Attila the Hun.
Not much has changed since bread and circuses, has it?