Former Greek minister attacked by mob as riots break out in Greece. This will happen here, unless we clean up massive elections fraud, remove corrupt, bought and paid for politicians, repeal GATT/WTO
Posted on | December 27, 2010 | No Comments
A former government minister was stoned by a mob in Athens s riots broke out in the Greek capital in protest at the government’s austerity measures.
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An estimated 20,000 protesters marched on parliament. Christmas shoppers fled as rioters wearing black masks and ski goggles hurled petrol bombs wrapped in bundles of firecrackers.
A similar protest in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, also turned violent.
Greece was saved from bankruptcy in May by an international rescue loan package. In return, the Socialist government led by George Papandreou slashed pensions and salaries, raised taxes and extended retirement ages.
On Tuesday, the government won a key vote in parliament on new labour reforms that include deeper pay cuts, salary caps and a reduction of unions’ collective bargaining power in the private sector.
Meanwhile riot police in Turkey also clashed with students who were protesting against Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, calling for university reform.
The violence came a day after thousands of demonstrators in Rome went on the rampage when Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, survived a no-confidence vote that had threatened to topple his coalition.
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