Chapter 775 The Greek Riot (5)

   Under the instigation of several forces such as the opposition party and Zhongshi, the three major trade unions in Greece quickly made a choice. In the evening of the same day, they jointly issued a statement, declaring that a nationwide general strike would be held on May 5 to protest the current government's new fiscal austerity policy.

The specific content of the government's new fiscal austerity policy was quickly leaked through the media. This statement involving all walks of life in the country immediately caused an uproar in Greece. Both public officials and traffickers expressed strong support for this policy. dissatisfaction.

  Greece is such a strange country. After years of high welfare, people have been caged by this policy to be lazy and dependent. Now that the lifeline they depend on for survival is suddenly taken away, naturally most people jump out to express their dissatisfaction, hoping to continue to maintain the current status quo.

  This is where the people are stupid: most of them probably know that if radical reforms are not carried out, sooner or later everyone will end up playing together. But if this reform touches their "cheese", they will immediately cry out, wanting to live and die.

   In fact, it is not only Greece, this situation exists in many countries. The reason why elites become elites is that apart from their own hard work and talent, there is also a very important point, that is, they have a long-term perspective than ordinary people.

  Unfortunately, it is impossible for most people to become elites.

  Dissatisfaction continues to ferment throughout Greece, and the people must make their voices heard, not only to the congressmen who represent them, but also to put pressure on the trade unions they participate in. Soon, shortly after the three major trade unions issued their statements, many other trade unions joined the nationwide strike.

  The doctor's union issued a statement that on May 5th, in addition to the emergency department, other doctors and nurses will launch a nationwide strike to protest the government's new fiscal austerity policy.

  Because of the nature of the work of doctors and the nature of saving lives and caring for the wounded, they cannot carry out a complete general strike. But even so, the action of the doctors' union is the most serious.

  The shipping union immediately issued a statement that on May 5th, aviation personnel throughout Greece will hold a nationwide general strike. At that time, planes entering or flying out of Greece will not be guided from the ground. It is hoped that global airlines will make arrangements in advance.

  The shipping union also followed up, and the taxi driver union immediately issued a statement, followed by banks, government departments, journalists associations, etc...

  The nationwide general strike has finally appeared!

  On the morning of May 5, the streets of Athens were crowded with people, and people all over the country knew what day it was today.

   "Are they coming?"

  An old street vendor with balding hair and a cigarette in his mouth, making sandwiches, was leisurely chatting with customers, "I heard there will be a demonstration today?"

   "Recently there are often!"

A middle-aged man took out his wallet from his arms, handed over a banknote, then raised the briefcase in his hand, and said mockingly, "I just remembered when I went out today. Today, our civil servants association also held a nationwide general strike. So , I made a mistake today!"

   "Are you a civil servant?"

  The vendor handed over the finished sandwiches and quickly found a pile of change before asking in surprise, "Even you don't work anymore?"

   "No way!"

The middle-aged man sighed, leaned on the armrest and smiled, "Probably all industries are on strike today, and the whole country may be at a standstill. But what does this have to do with me? In a short time, I'm afraid I won't even have this I can't afford a sandwich!"

"so serious?"

As soon as the vendor trembled, the cigarettes fell onto the stall, causing him to panic for a while. After cleaning up in a hurry, he raised his head and was about to chat with the middle-aged man again, but found that at some point, the whole The street became eerily quiet.

   The two looked at each other, and after looking at each other, they all looked towards the end of the street.

   At the end of the street that was still shrouded in white mist, there was no one in sight. But soon, black shadows emerged from the white mist. As they walked, these black shadows became more and more clear. When the street vendors and middle-aged men came within sight, they found a group of men with solemn faces.

   "Is this the beginning?"

  The two looked at each other again, and both could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

  The crowd didn't speak, and there were no slogans or banners, they just walked quietly. Soon, a large group of people suddenly appeared on the calm street. What was even more surprising was that these people also had dignified faces, and without saying a word, they automatically joined the team.

  By arriving at this stall, the entire team has grown to hundreds of people.

  These people turned a blind eye to the stunned two, and just walked past them quietly.

   "Shall we follow the past?"

   Seeing more and more people joining the crowd, after the crowd team passed by, the middle-aged man couldn't help but encourage, "Look what's going on?"

"it is good!"

  The vendor responded immediately. Although he had seen many demonstrations, this was the first time he had seen such a strange scene. He was curious about Dasheng, and after tidying up the stall in a hurry, he followed. But after walking two steps, he seemed to realize something again, and picked up a small shovel casually.

  The two of them just walked to the back of the line so leisurely, watching what these people wanted to do.

   Not long after, the team arrived at the corner of the street, which led to another wider and bigger road. At this moment, the speed of the entire team slowed down.

   "What happened up front?"

  The middle-aged man lifted his heels vigorously, but he still couldn't see the situation ahead clearly. The vendor was short, so he couldn't see the situation ahead, so he asked anxiously.

"do not know!"

  The middle-aged man jumped twice and could only give up in vain.

   But fortunately, the team is still advancing slowly, but it is much faster than before. After half an hour, when the two finally moved to the corner of the street, they realized why the team was moving so slowly.

  A larger flow of people is slowly moving on this street. Compared with this flow of people, the team they joined before is like a stream of a rushing river, so small that it can almost be ignored.

   There are tens of thousands of people, slowly moving towards a certain direction along the avenue, and in the small streets in all directions, a steady stream of people is gradually joining in.

   "How many people are there?"

  When the vendor saw the crowd of this size, he couldn't help but gasped, and looked at the middle-aged man in horror, "God, there are so many people?"

   "I didn't expect that either!"

  The middle-aged man tried his best to get rid of the flow of people around him, and explained loudly, "My God, what has our government done?"

  Even if the crowd is quite quiet, even if everyone speaks in a low voice, the combined noise is soaring. Although the two were leaning side by side, the middle-aged man had to raise his voice to communicate with the vendor.

  By this time, the actions of the two were basically beyond their control. The two could only rely on each other, and slowly walked forward along the flow of people.

   After walking for about an hour, everyone came to the fork of this street. On a hastily built stage at this fork, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a farmer was looking at the continuous crowd and nodded in satisfaction.

   It is Afram Moras!

   "Mr. Moras, it's almost there!"

   At this moment, a man in tight black clothes stepped forward quickly and whispered something in his ear.

"Um!"

   Afram Moras nodded, coughed lightly, and waved his hands slightly towards the crowd around him. Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers, which lasted for a long time.

  After enjoying the cheers for a long time, Afram Moras raised the microphone in his hand and shouted vigorously: "Workers, friends, everyone must know why we are gathered here today."

"Yes!"

   "Damn the government!"

   "To **** with them!"

  Suddenly, another burst of sky-shattering sound suddenly burst out, and various vicious words spewed out from the mouths of the gathered crowd. Many people were emotional and showed hideous faces.

After giving everyone a full minute to vent, Afram Moras waved his hand, stopped cursing and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I know how you feel. If you really want to sacrifice for the country , I, Afram Moras, was the first to stand up. But now the situation is that because of the fault of the government, those of us who work hard are forced to suffer from these mistakes. This behavior is very shameful because it is not us fault!"

   "Now, gentlemen, follow me to protest!"

Afram Moras's voice suddenly raised a few levels, and at the same time pointed to the north, where the Congress is located, "Gentlemen, we want these high-ranking bureaucrats to hear our voice, see Only in this way can they reflect on themselves and stop blaming us for the mistakes they made!"

   After finishing speaking, he flicked the microphone in his hand, making a piercing scream.

  Under the gaze of everyone, he calmly walked to the front of the stage, took a flag handed to him by his side, and waved it vigorously. There were several clear characters on it, "Refused to Compromise".

  The crowd suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers again, and soon they didn't know where to start. Someone shouted loudly, "Refused to compromise", and soon everyone shouted loudly, and it didn't take long for there to be only one voice left here.

   "Let's go back!"

  Seeing Afram Moras jump off the stage, walk to the front of the team, and walk towards the north. The line began to move slowly again, and the middle-aged man suddenly felt a sense of loss of interest, and said loudly to the vendors beside him.

   "Also!"

  Street vendors also echoed loudly.

  The two struggled to squeeze towards the periphery of the team, because there were too many people, even though they wanted to leave the team, they were still led forward by the team. It took another half an hour before they squeezed hard to the edge of the line, but they were miles away from where they stood just now.

   "Go in and hide?"

  Looking at the line with no end in sight, the middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief, and suggested to the vendor, "According to the current momentum, it may be difficult for us to go back now."

The place where they are located happens to be at the entrance of a bank. Although there is a national strike today, the bank is still open as usual, but now all the employees are watching the raging demonstrators in front of the glass door, and none of the employees are interested in working .

   "Also!"

  The vendor looked at his crumpled clothes, then at the crowds, sighed, and followed the middle-aged man into the bank.

   "Please sit down, both of you!"

A blond woman with a good figure said to the two with a smile. She saw all the whereabouts of the two, and naturally knew that the two were not really here to do business, but just temporarily avoiding the limelight. Welcoming the two of them to rest on the sofa and bringing them two cups of coffee at the same time.

   What made the two of them amused was that after the woman had done all this, she happily ran to the glass door and continued to watch the slowly moving demonstrators.

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