Médecins en grève : affrontements à Athènes – 6 mai 2011

Greek police clash with striking doctors

ctv.ca

6 05 2011

Police clashed with doctors protesting outside the Health Ministry in central Athens Friday over cutbacks enacted in response to Greece’s financial crisis.

Riot police used pepper spray to disperse protesters outside the ministry building during the brief clashes as doctors and staff at public hospitals in greater Athens held a three-hour work stoppage.

Greece’s largest unions are planning a general strike on May 11. The government announced a new round of cuts last month, that include a €15-billion ($22.22-billion U.S.) privatization program.

The country is battling to avoid restructuring its massive debt and to meet demands for faster cost-cutting reforms by the providers of its €110-billion rescue loan package. Read more…