Thousands of Greeks demonstrate in Athens in support … – The World

Thousands of Greeks demonstrate in Athens in support … – The World

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Almost no police were visible near the site during the first manifestation of kind since the coming to power of the party of the radical left Syriza. The protesters intend to display their support for the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who started difficult negotiations with its European partners to exit Greece of the international financial assistance plan and restructure the country’s debt.

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The protesters intend to defend their “dignity” , they repeat. A dignity they accuse Europe of wanting to remove them. One flag SYRIZA

and a Greek flag leaf in the crowd. The few signs appeal to the right of the people against the law of markets.

Sophia Galanis, sixty, “very conservative” in his own words, is not to voter Syriza. “But what the government is right, it is only justice” , says she, wrapped in her fur.