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The Greek parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second $130bn (£110bn) bailout and avoid a messy default after a day of street battles between police and protesters left Athens in flames.
Police retaliated with tears gas after some demonstrators threw fire-bombs outside the Parliament in Athens.
Athens ablaze as MPs vote to save euroLast updated February 13 2012 12:33AM
Rioters set Athens ablaze last night as Greek MPs approved a harsh new austerity package aimed at keeping their country in the euro. Tens of thousands of demonstrators besieged Parliament while MPs neared the historic vote, which opens the way for a €130 billion bailout…
Video: anger in Athens
Greek MPs warned of catastrophe as Athens erupts in
violence
Violence and looting engulfed central Athens last night as the
Greek parliament passed a highly divisive austerity and debt-relief
bill, which the government hopes will help save Greece from a
disorderly bankruptcy and a potential exit from the eurozone.In the streets of Athens, youths hurled pieces of smashed pavement and petrol bombs while riot police retaliated, firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades. The large crowds outside Parliament scattered when violence broke out but many reassembled. The street fights spilled into the shopping street of Ermou while policemen chased youths in the area near Parliament. At least 37 protesters were injured, with 20 suspected rioters arrested.
Greek parliament passed a highly divisive austerity and debt-relief
bill, which the government hopes will help save Greece from a
disorderly bankruptcy and a potential exit from the eurozone.In the streets of Athens, youths hurled pieces of smashed pavement and petrol bombs while riot police retaliated, firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades. The large crowds outside Parliament scattered when violence broke out but many reassembled. The street fights spilled into the shopping street of Ermou while policemen chased youths in the area near Parliament. At least 37 protesters were injured, with 20 suspected rioters arrested.
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Package
Plan Is Expected to Help the Country Avoid a Default
ATHENS — As hooded youths torched and looted shops and battled police in Athens, lawmakers approved a tough austerity package that was a condition for securing about $170 billion in bailout money.
A BOTTOMLESS PIT
On the streets many businesses were ablaze, including the neo-classical home to the Attikon cinema dating from 1870 and a building housing the Asty, an underground cinema used by the Gestapo during World War Two as a torture chamber
ATHENS — As hooded youths torched and looted shops and battled police in Athens, lawmakers approved a tough austerity package that was a condition for securing about $170 billion in bailout money.
A BOTTOMLESS PIT
On the streets many businesses were ablaze, including the neo-classical home to the Attikon cinema dating from 1870 and a building housing the Asty, an underground cinema used by the Gestapo during World War Two as a torture chamber
