ATHENS RAMPAGE/IMF DEAL (2012) FEBRUARY 10
Categories: Anniversary, Politics, Finance & Banking & European Countries and the EU
Location: Greece
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: Greece
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About the Athen's Rampage
February 10, 2025 is the day the Greek Financial Crisis exploded. The following is what happened as reported by the Guardian
“Greece got rid of its military dictators in July 1974. But almost four decades later, as the debt-stricken country endures a crisis that some might say is almost as bad as the long dark night of their rule, it is still impossible to protest in the cradle of democracy.
When tens of thousands of Greeks tried to demonstrate peacefully in front of the large sandstone parliament building on Sunday night, they were met almost immediately with volleys of teargas. The toxic fumes were the authorities' answer not only to the popular opposition unleashed by the prospect of yet more austerity but the fear that underpins it. For angst, like uncertainty, is now haunting Greece.
What followed was textbook chaos: a familiar mix of young punks with no relation to ordinary protesters going on the rampage, setting fire to banks, stores and cafes. Scenes of bedlam and mayhem that ensured the event taking place inside the Athens parliament – a ballot on deeply unpopular measures in return for the rescue funds that will keep bankruptcy at bay – was thoroughly drowned out.”
Read the full article in the London Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/13/Greece-bankrupt-ablaze-cradle-democracy
“Greece got rid of its military dictators in July 1974. But almost four decades later, as the debt-stricken country endures a crisis that some might say is almost as bad as the long dark night of their rule, it is still impossible to protest in the cradle of democracy.
When tens of thousands of Greeks tried to demonstrate peacefully in front of the large sandstone parliament building on Sunday night, they were met almost immediately with volleys of teargas. The toxic fumes were the authorities' answer not only to the popular opposition unleashed by the prospect of yet more austerity but the fear that underpins it. For angst, like uncertainty, is now haunting Greece.
What followed was textbook chaos: a familiar mix of young punks with no relation to ordinary protesters going on the rampage, setting fire to banks, stores and cafes. Scenes of bedlam and mayhem that ensured the event taking place inside the Athens parliament – a ballot on deeply unpopular measures in return for the rescue funds that will keep bankruptcy at bay – was thoroughly drowned out.”
Read the full article in the London Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/13/Greece-bankrupt-ablaze-cradle-democracy
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