State visit
Oct. 9th, 2012 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularApparently, for some reason, the Chancellor of Germany is coming to Athens.
Due to the fact that a good deal of the current Greek economic crisis can be blamed on the "austerity" policies mandated by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, and a lot of the pressure to maintain and expand the austerity policies came from the German government, it's fair to say that not everybody in Athens is happy about this state visit.
There's a section of Athens that's subject to a blanket protest ban, basically along the route that the Chancellor will be taking into town, and covering the German Embassy in Athens.
My apartment is smack in the middle of that "red zone".
My office, however, is not.
Ever since about noon, there have been chants, people yelling into megaphones, and the like. There's apparently a significant crowd at Syntagma Square, in front of the Parliament.
We'll have to see what happens.
Due to the fact that a good deal of the current Greek economic crisis can be blamed on the "austerity" policies mandated by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, and a lot of the pressure to maintain and expand the austerity policies came from the German government, it's fair to say that not everybody in Athens is happy about this state visit.
There's a section of Athens that's subject to a blanket protest ban, basically along the route that the Chancellor will be taking into town, and covering the German Embassy in Athens.
My apartment is smack in the middle of that "red zone".
My office, however, is not.
Ever since about noon, there have been chants, people yelling into megaphones, and the like. There's apparently a significant crowd at Syntagma Square, in front of the Parliament.
We'll have to see what happens.
