Angry protests over Greek property tax
- 13 years ago
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Greek protesters were involved in confrontation with police on Sunday (September 25), as they tried to mount a demonstration at the Greek parliament building in Athens.
The protest was against a recently announced property tax, set to be approved by lawmakers next week as a part of the latest austerity package, designed to ensure Greece gets an eight-billion-euro rescue loan, vital to pay state salaries and bills in October.
Riot police fired tear gas at the protesters after the demonstrators pelted them with bottles. The rally, of more than 2,000 protesters holding banners reading "We don't pay" and chanting "Get out of here", took place as the country's finance minister was in Washington, scheduled to meet European Union and International Monetary Fund officials to discuss the debt crisis.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said. More than 100 people were injured in clashes with police outside parliament on June 29 and 30, as lawmakers voted on the country's so-called mid-term fiscal plan.
Greece announced a new wave of austerity measures on Wednesday (September 21) to secure a new injection of aid and save the country from bankruptcy, after a "troika" including EU and IMF inspectors made it clear that they were losing patience with the government's failure to meet the targets.
The new measures come on top of wage and pensions cuts, increased taxes, bonus cuts and the laying off of contract workers, which have been implemented since 2010.
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Greek protesters were involved in confrontation with police on Sunday (September 25), as they tried to mount a demonstration at the Greek parliament building in Athens.
The protest was against a recently announced property tax, set to be approved by lawmakers next week as a part of the latest austerity package, designed to ensure Greece gets an eight-billion-euro rescue loan, vital to pay state salaries and bills in October.
Riot police fired tear gas at the protesters after the demonstrators pelted them with bottles. The rally, of more than 2,000 protesters holding banners reading "We don't pay" and chanting "Get out of here", took place as the country's finance minister was in Washington, scheduled to meet European Union and International Monetary Fund officials to discuss the debt crisis.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said. More than 100 people were injured in clashes with police outside parliament on June 29 and 30, as lawmakers voted on the country's so-called mid-term fiscal plan.
Greece announced a new wave of austerity measures on Wednesday (September 21) to secure a new injection of aid and save the country from bankruptcy, after a "troika" including EU and IMF inspectors made it clear that they were losing patience with the government's failure to meet the targets.
The new measures come on top of wage and pensions cuts, increased taxes, bonus cuts and the laying off of contract workers, which have been implemented since 2010.
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