Apparently the reports here in Greece indicate that part of the expected "constitutional reforms" include the removal of all or most constitutional protection of collective bargaining agreements. In fact we're well on the way of dismantling most labor protection laws (in the name of "competitiveness") in the feverent hope that wages will further fall to sub-poverty levels (the troika apparently seems to think that 700 Euros/month (below poverty levels even before the crisis) is excessive in a country with raging inflation. I need to write a diary about all this, as a warning, because we seem to be the guinea pig for the thirdworldization plan for most of the EU periphery....

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake