Affrontements au Pirée – septembre 2010
Grèce: affrontements entre routiers et policiers au port du Pirée
AFP
24 09 2010
ATHENES — Des incidents ont eu lieu vendredi en Grèce entre des forces anti-émeutes et des patrons-routiers en grève depuis deux semaines, quand ces derniers ont tenté d’empêcher le déchargement d’un ferry arrivé au Pirée, le grand port d’Athènes, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.
En jetant des pierres contre les policiers, qui ont répondu en les repoussant avec leurs boucliers, environ 150 routiers réunis depuis vendredi matin au Pirée, ont voulu empêcher les camions chargés de marchandises de débarquer des ferries en provenance de Rhodes, a constaté la même source.
Certains manifestants ont décidé de durcir leur mouvement après la loi adoptée mercredi par le Parlement prévoyant l’ouverture de leur secteur à la concurrence, comme le réclament l’Union Européenne et le Fonds monétaire international (FMI).
La réforme prévoit de réduire drastiquement les prix des licences d’exploitation en délivrant, pour la première fois depuis quarante ans, de nouvelles licences à des prix réduits, alors que les 34.000 plaques existantes se négocient jusqu’à 300.000 euros l’unité.
Cette réforme s’inscrit dans une série de mesures d’austérité visant à redresser les finances du pays en grave crise budgétaire en échange d’un prêt de la zone euro et du FMI de 110 milliards d’euros sur trois ans.
Atene: camionisti bloccano porto, scontri con polizia
mainfatti.it
24 09 2010
I camionisti greci continuano la loro lotta contro la nuova legge che loro reputano ingiusta, quella che liberalizza il settore e permette di rilasciare le nuove licenze a prezzi ridotti. I camionisti hanno ieri invaso il porto ateniese del Pireo, per impedire lo scarico e il carico delle merci.
I camionisti greci continuano la loro lotta contro la nuova legge che loro reputano ingiusta, quella che liberalizza il settore e permette di rilasciare le nuove licenze a prezzi ridotti. Anche questa legge entrata in vigore mercoledì scorso rientra in quelle misure che dovrebbero far uscire dalla crisi finanziaria la Grecia, e che sta chiedendo al popolo ellenico molti, per alcuni troppi, sacrifici. I camionisti hanno ieri invaso il porto ateniese del Pireo, per impedire lo scarico e il carico delle merci provenienti o dirette alle isole greche. « Se questo sciopero continuerà ci sarà una pericolosa carenza di cibo diretto verso le isole », fa sapere il vicepresidente dell’Unione Navi Passeggeri Michalis Sakelis, ma pare che i camionisti e i sindacati abbiano già deciso di estendere ulteriormente lo sciopero, che sta bloccando strade ed autostrade e il rifornimento di molti generi anche di prima necessità. Sembra che nel porto del Pireo ci siano stati anche degli incidenti tra i camionisti e gli agenti in antisommossa, senza per fortuna nessun ferito.
Monia Manna
Clashes at Greek port as truckers resume protests
businessweek.com
24 09 2010
ATHENS, Greece
Protesting Greek truckers attacked trucks breaking a union picket and clashed with riot police at the country’s main port of Piraeus Friday, pressing ahead with demonstrations that have hurt goods supplies in debt-ridden Greece.
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of people who threw stones at trucks trying to enter ferries at the port outside Athens. No injuries or arrests were reported.
Greece’s center-left government is fighting a major debt and deficit crisis that brought the country to the brink of a humiliating bankruptcy in May.
In return for a euro110 billion ($147.5 billion) package of rescue loans from European countries and the International Monetary Fund over the next three years, Athens undertook painful austerity measures intended to bring the budget deficit within EU constraints by 2014.
The cutbacks have angered unions and sparked a series of strikes and protests. Next week, state railway workers will hold a series of walkouts against planned pay cuts and opening of the rail market to private competition.
The government says the reforms will ensure survival for the debt-laden railway company, which loses up to euro1 billion ($1.3 billion) a year.
Truckers’ unions on Friday rejected a government compromise offer and vowed to continue protests that started on Sept. 13 against an overhaul of market labor rules.
The reforms, approved by parliament Wednesday, scrap license restrictions for truck drivers and mark the start of a broader reform to end so-called closed-shop professions that include lawyers, taxi drivers, notaries and pharmacists.
The drivers have lined their trucks along highways outside Greek cities and staged protests in central Athens this week.
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