Athens has prepared an angry welcome for the members of the troika, who are returning to the Greek capital today after almost a month's absence. "Take your bailout plan and leave", this is the slogan chanted by the approximately 200 employees of the Greek Ministry of Finance who have been blocking the access roads to the headquarters of the Athenian ministry since this morning. Right here the Greek minister Evangelos Venizelos should meet the representatives of the EU, the IMF and the ECB. The protesters' goal is to hinder their appointment.
The troika will have to assess the state of health of Greek finances in the next few days. On 2 September, the mission was interrupted due to the failure to reduce the public debt and the delays in reforms and privatizations. All measures that Greece had agreed with Europe to obtain the new tranche of aid worth 8 billion. In recent weeks, the Socialist government has launched new measures, including a tax on real estate and new cuts in pensions.
"The occupations are being carried out today - writes Adedy, Greek public sector union - when the troika returns to our country while we face new barbaric measures that have been decided and are still being decided on wage reductions, tax increases and mass layoffs" . Meanwhile, the city is completely paralyzed by the third day of the transport strike.
