European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 October | 110 comments (110 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Merkel voices hope for debt-crippled Greece amid anti-austerity rallies - Xinhua | English.news.cn

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday voiced hope that Greece would overcome its challenges and remain in the eurozone, during her first visit to Athens since the start of the debt crisis which has cast a dark shadow over Europe since 2008.
Amid strict security measures and mass demonstrations against austerity, Merkel pledged Germany and the EU's support for Greece as long as the debt-crippled country continued on its challenging path of fiscal adjustment and reform.
"Significant progress has been achieved. I hope and wish that Greece will remain part of the euro," she said after talks with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. She repeatedly stressing in meetings with Greek political leadership that Germany was a good friend of the country and would do whatever possible to support Greece.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 04:34:31 PM EST
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Amid strict security measures and mass demonstrations against austerity, Merkel pledged Germany and the EU's support for Greece as long as the debt-crippled country continued on its challenging path of fiscal adjustment and reform.

First hunger, then starvation. The Palestinian model. Enjoy!

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 06:12:16 PM EST
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Greek reservist commandos appeared today in the protests chanting "together to kick out the Nazis". Though they probably meant Merkel, at this point any sign of anti-nazi sentiment from people in uniform in Greece is welcome:

Chants included "Merkel out of Greece"...

The "together to kick out the Nazis" chant accompanied the burning of Nazi and German flags elsewhere in the demo:

Otherwise the police response was par for the course of leading Greece to a Lukashenko-style regime. Mass indiscriminate preventive arrests early on, large parts of the city were unreachable, six metro stations were shut down, and the police after a certain hour continued it's traditional gratuitous use of tear-gas and violence. But the protests were large enough

Naked people participated too:

The police also found a new use for "arrested" protesters - human shields (rocks are being thrown at police as the picture is taken):

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

by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 07:16:18 PM EST
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Remember this photos and videos...it's chilling and reminds me of few scenes in "Cabaret"(movie with Liza Minnelli)...but in kind of not same sense but more opposite ...this is more like antifascism...But still chilling because you can feel how sentiment is building to the point where violence is simply unavoidable...There will be wars in Europe again...Oh NOOOO!
Interestingly Merkel is so arrogant to come to Greece in this moment and to talk her shit to hungry people and promise them more of the same. She was lucky this time...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein

by vbo on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 11:01:27 PM EST
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No, I don't think there will be wars, but there will be revolutions

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 03:39:22 AM EST
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Hi kids! Anyone want to hear what I think?

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 08:46:43 AM EST
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Always...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein

by vbo on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:39:14 AM EST
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Just kidding. I thought I would hear a resounding NO!!!

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:41:22 AM EST
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You did.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 12:41:22 PM EST
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Well what's the difference really? Europeans are going to kill each other. It's even worse if for example Brits are going to kill Brits, then if Greeks are going to kill Germans. Whatever...it will be blood and it will be messy...one can smell it right now watching this and other unrests in Europe. Out of desperation and poverty all the evil comes. People are easily manipulated in these circumstances. I have seen it once in my life.I do not like what I see, not really. God help us all.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein

by vbo on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:46:00 AM EST
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