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Greek PM vows cuts as protesters clash with police
bbc.co.uk
10 September
The Greek prime minister has vowed to press ahead with deep spending cuts, in his annual speech on the country’s debt-ridden economy.
« We will push through all the major changes our country has needed for years, » George Papandreou said in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki.
Public anger over cuts boiled over into clashes between police and protesters and more than 100 people were detained.
At least 20,000 people joined the protests in Thessaloniki.
Trade unionists, students, anarchists, taxi drivers and football fans were among those holding protests outside a trade fair in the city.
Greece is struggling to meet the terms of an international loan package.
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We don’t have the right to abandon this effort halfway through because if it remains half-done, [our] sacrifices will have been in vain”
George PapandreouGreek prime minister
In July, eurozone leaders announced a bailout worth 109bn euros ($155bn, £96.3bn), on top of a 110bn euro lifeline granted last year.
The government has sharply criticised other eurozone states for delaying ratification of the second bailout but it is struggling to meet conditions attached to the first.
Mr Papandreou’s speech was designed to reassure EU and IMF lenders increasingly frustrated with delays in reforms and missed fiscal targets that Greece would press ahead with unpopular policies, correspondents say. Read more…
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