Riot police arrested at least fourteen people and sprayed tear gas to disperse crowds. Seven policemen and two demonstrators were reported to be injured. Another estimated 5.000 people took to the streets in Thessaloniki . A participant in one of the protests said that "These measures are death. How people are going to live tomorrow, how they're going to survive, I do not understand." Alexis Tsipras , of the Coalition of the Radical Left , opposed the budget cuts, saying that "The Greek people do not owe anything to anybody. Those who have brazenly robbed public money and pension funds should pay for the crisis." Greece's Prime Minister, George Papandreou , however, said that the cost-cutting measures were inevitable, and that they were essential to the survival of the country.
Riot police arrested at least fourteen people and sprayed tear gas to disperse crowds. Seven policemen and two demonstrators were reported to be injured. Another estimated 5.000 people took to the streets in . A participant in one of the protests said that "These measures are death. How people are going to live tomorrow, how they're going to survive, I do not understand." , of the , opposed the budget cuts, saying that "The Greek people do not owe anything to anybody. Those who have brazenly robbed public money and pension funds should pay for the crisis." Greece's Prime Minister, , however, said that the cost-cutting measures were inevitable, and that they were essential to the survival of the country.
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Thessaloniki
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Alexis Tsipras
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Coalition of the Radical Left
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George Papandreou