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| Greece set for anti-austerity general strike |
| 2012-09-26 |
| Trade unions in Greece have called the first general strike since the conservative-led coalition government came to power in June. Wednesday's 24-hour walkout is to protest at new planned spending cuts of more than 11.5bn euros ($15bn; £9bn). The savings are a pre-condition to Greece receiving its next tranche of bailout funds, without which the country could face bankruptcy in weeks. Large anti-austerity demonstrations are also planned. Greece needs the next 31bn-euro instalment of its international bailout, but with record unemployment and a third of Greeks pushed below the poverty line, there is strong resistance to further cuts. The government of conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is also proposing to slash pensions and raise the retirement age to 67. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Unemployed people on strike? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-26 09:05 |
| #4 I'm not sure protest is the right word. Tantrum might be better. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-09-26 08:32 |
| #3 This is all part of the process of a bloodless coup that is occuring in Europe. The decision of Karlsruhe to allow the EUro bonds, the control of taxes and finances by Brussels just about wraps up the project of the elites to subsume all of Europe into the greater good of the EU sovereign. Bye, bye France, Italy, Germany et. al. Now fess up and take your ONE seat in all the intn'l orgs. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-09-26 08:30 |
| #2 Fox Business Network has live vid of the Greeks protesting against math and checking account balances |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-09-26 07:19 |
| #1 If only crashing planes could protest gravity. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-09-26 07:02 |