Friday, May 13, 2011

Washington Post: Greece pushed to the edge

Athens — Already struggling to avoid a debt default that could seal Greece’s fate as a financial pariah, this Mediterranean nation is also scrambling to contain another threat — a breakdown in the rule of law.

Thousands have joined an “I Won’t Pay” movement, refusing to cover highway tolls, bus fares, even fees at public hospitals. To block a landfill project, an entire town south of Athens has risen up against the government, burning earth-moving equipment and destroying part of a main access road.

The protests are an emblem of social discontent spreading across Europe in response to a new age of austerity. At a time when the United States is just beginning to consider deep spending cuts, countries such as Greece are coping with a fallout that has extended well beyond ordinary civil disobedience.
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2 comments:

The Anti-Gnostic said...

The State is becoming an expensive, chaos-inducing anachronism, and the people are beginning to withdraw their support from it.

Anonymous said...

Is it too late to say: Bewaare of Greeks selling bonds? Statmann