Financial Times
June 5, 2011
Thousands of Greeks protested outside parliament on Sunday against a fresh austerity package agreed in return for the country’s second bail-out in 13 months by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
“Thieves, thieves….Where did our money go?” the protestors shouted, blowing whistles and waving Greek flags as riot police thickened ranks around the parliament building on Syntagma square in the centre of the capital.
Activists from the “Indignant Citizens” movement – modelled on its Spanish namesake – have camped in tents around the square for more than a week. Organisers said Sunday night’s events were part of a co-ordinated Europe-wide protest against unemployment and austerity.
Frustration over the socialist government’s half-hearted reform effort has united diverse activists –from unemployed graduates to environmentalists and pensioners – under the umbrella of the new movement.
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