EUROZONE-GREECE/GERMANY BLOCKUPY Blockupy supporters demonstrate "in solidarity with Greece"

Record ID: 148562

  • Title: EUROZONE-GREECE/GERMANY BLOCKUPY Blockupy supporters demonstrate "in solidarity with Greece"
  • Date: 3rd July 2015
  • Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY*** POLICE AMONG DEMONSTRATORS MORE OF DEMONSTRATORS / TILT UP TO EURO SIGN OUTSIDE ECB HEADQUARTERS
  • Embargoed: 18th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2RHTOH3FPNWVPN4LCLXD3ULCR
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  • Story Text: Hundreds of supporters of the anti-capitalist Blockupy movement demonstrated near the European central bank "in solidarity with Greece" on Friday (July 3).
    Police said there were around 200 people who protested peacefully - protests by blockupy at the opening of the new ECB in March which had been very violent.
    The protesters held banners criticising the austerity measures and calling for a 'no' vote in the Greek referendum. Most placards read: "oxi ('no' in greek) is everywhere. everybody says no."
    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rejected European warnings that Greeks will be deciding on their future in the eurozone in a referendum on Sunday (July 5), saying negotiations would continue for a better deal with international creditors after the vote.
    In a televised address on Friday, Tsipras said a report by the International Monetary Fund which arguing that Greece's massive public debt could not be sustained without significant writedowns vindicated his advice to reject the lenders' terms.
    Tsipras is betting Europe will compromise rather than let Greece slip out of the eurozone, even though the continent's leaders say a "No" vote would signal its exit.
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