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  • Mercoledì 19 ottobre 2011

Le foto delle proteste in Grecia

Le immagini da Atene, dove la grande manifestazione per lo sciopero generale ha avuto momenti di tensioni e violenze

Demonstrators clash with riot police in Thessaloniki on October 19, 2011. Huge demonstrations against austerity in Greece on Wednesday, described by officials as the largest since the country’s debt crisis broke, were marred by violence in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities. Police in the capital clashed with protesters outside parliament as crowds of over 70,000 people according to authorities, and 200,000 according to unions, converged on central Syntagma Square. Officers were also attacked in the second city of Thessaloniki where the government’s regional headquarters was assaulted by a group of 100 protesters throwing firebombs. AFP PHOTO/Sakis Mitrolidis (Photo credit should read SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators clash with riot police in Thessaloniki on October 19, 2011. Huge demonstrations against austerity in Greece on Wednesday, described by officials as the largest since the country’s debt crisis broke, were marred by violence in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities. Police in the capital clashed with protesters outside parliament as crowds of over 70,000 people according to authorities, and 200,000 according to unions, converged on central Syntagma Square. Officers were also attacked in the second city of Thessaloniki where the government’s regional headquarters was assaulted by a group of 100 protesters throwing firebombs. AFP PHOTO/Sakis Mitrolidis (Photo credit should read SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Stamattina è iniziato in Grecia lo sciopero generale di 48 ore che di fatto bloccherà il paese. Il debito della Grecia ha raggiunto il 162 per cento del suo prodotto nazionale lordo e il parlamento dovrebbe votare le nuove misure tra oggi e domani, ma la maggioranza del primo ministro Papandreu non è garantita, con alcuni dissidenti che si sono già annunciati.

Secondo le autorità oltre 70 mila persone hanno partecipato a una manifestazione ad Atene di fronte al parlamento, la più grossa degli ultimi anni. Ci sono stati scontri tra i manifestanti e la polizia e la calma è tornata nel tardo pomeriggio.