Renewed tension in Greece.

Thursday, the protests ended in clashes between youths and police in Athens.

Greek police officers in riot police have charged Thursday night hundreds of young people to the parliament in Athens. In late afternoon, the Greek deputies adopted the austerity absolute majority.

After the death of three persons in a fire at a bank, outside the parade Wednesday in Athens, an event held Thursday was marked by renewed clashes between the Greek police in riot police and hundreds of young people to the parliament in Athens. The police charged the demonstrators while they threw their stones. This rise in voltage is reached after two events that brought together more peacefully than 10,000 people in central Athens. There have been no reports of any injuries or any arrests.
In the afternoon, the Greek deputies voted the austerity program demanded by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for aid plan 110 billion euros over three years. It is nevertheless a provisional ballot and not binding.
Entitled "Project on the implementation of measures to support mechanism of the Greek economy by the member countries of the euro area and the International Monetary Fund, the plan was voted by 172 deputies of the Socialist majority and the extreme right of 296 present. One hundred and twenty-one deputies of the rightwing opposition, the Communist Party and the Radical Left voted against.
The German Bundestag should start debating the draft law on the contribution of Germany on Friday morning. The debate is scheduled to last two hours, after which the parliamentary vote.
"No default"
Denouncing "Overreaction" of marketsThe IMF spokesman, Caroline Atkinson, said Thursday that "a default in Greece is not an option, joining the words of ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet. "We have deliberately designed a plan that gives financial support to Greece the possibility of not making the market for over 18 months until 2012. If implemented, it will put Greece in a position to repay its debt, "she added. The IMF will meet Sunday to approve his loan of 40 billion dollars (30 billion euros).
In the United States, Robert Gibbs, spokesman for the White House was forced to speak on the topic after a bout of panic on Wall Street. He has stated that "the reforms to be implemented in Greece are important but will take some time." According to him, "the President is kept informed regularly by his economic team. The Treasury is monitoring the situation closely. "

"On the Brink":
On Wednesday, the unions have welcomed the participation in the demonstrations, despite uncertainties about the numbers. About 100,000 people marched in Athens, according to the daily business Kathimerini. Other sources cited by ParisMatch.com, Mention 50,000 people. Both figures would make the day Wednesday the largest demonstration against the government since coming to power in October 2009.
However, police said only 30,000 Athenians took to the streets, the same number as at previous events February 24 and March 12. The violence triggered by the anarcho-autonomous factions that erupted outside the Athenian procession, although usually, have instead taken a completely different magnitude.
The GSEE has strongly condemned the tragic events that have marred the mobilization of Wednesday, pointing to the "burning down the mindless violence and vandalism that actually undermine the struggles of workers." However, "we declare our determination to continue and expand our efforts to meet our just demands," he assured the union.
The violence "is not a solution," responded Thursday Premier George Papandreou, adding that Greek democracy was "tested". Greek President Carlos Papoulias, has warned his side that Greece was politically "on the brink. "We all have a responsibility not to make the step too, that we rush into the void," said the symbolic guarantee institutions.
Asked about the protests, Caroline Atkinson said he was "not surprising that the Greeks are concerned, worried and unhappy" because "this program will consist of sacrifices." But the IMF has found violence "deplorable."

"A society can it destroy itself?"
Thursday morning, the Greek press questioned the consequences that could have killed three of the previous day. "A society can it destroy itself?" Wondered columnist of KathimeriniBefore replying: "Yes, she can, and Greece is moving in that direction." The reporter in this newspaper recounts the event: "Witnesses said the protesters passed the store on fire [that killed three persons] have ignored the calls to the help of employees. Some even have their slogans anti-capitalist. "
For its part, the newspaper center-left independent Eleftherotypia judge that "the manifestation of anger in Athens was marred by the horrific deaths of three people. (...) The country is at a particular moment in its history (...) government and all political forces have primary responsibility for anything that may now follow. "
The government is firm yet. Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, warned that the "only way to avoid bankruptcy is to adopt austerity measures. The government will not retreat, he has insisted.