Greek armed forces stage anti-austerity demo

Greek armed forces stage anti-austerity demo


Military officers with their families participate in an anti-austerity demonstration in Athens on March 9, 2013.

Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:41AM
Many Greek workers are currently unemployed, banks are in a shaky position, and pensions and salaries have been slashed.


Members
of the Greek armed forces have staged a demonstration to protest
against the austerity measures imposed by the government.


Greek army officers and reservists took to the streets of central Athens on Saturday to censure the government’s spending cuts.


However, on the same day, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said
that there would be "no more austerity measures" in Greece and “relief
measures will slowly begin.”


On January 12, Greek lawmakers approved new tax legislation intended
to increase government revenues by 2.3 billion euros (about $3 billion)
in a few months.


Greece has been at the epicenter of the eurozone debt crisis and is
experiencing its sixth year of recession, while harsh austerity measures
have left tens of thousands of people without jobs.


Many Greek workers are currently unemployed, banks are in a shaky position, and pensions and salaries have been slashed.


Greek youths have also been badly affected, and more than half of them are unemployed.


The worsening debt crisis has forced the governments of European
Union states to adopt harsh austerity measures and tough economic
reforms, which have triggered massive demos in many European countries.

Source:-
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/10/292769/greek-soldiers-hold-anitausterity-demo/