Λαγκάρντ: Ώρα πληρωμής για την Ελλάδα

Σε συνέντευξη που έδωσε στον Guardian η επικεφαλής του Διεθνούς Νομισματικού Ταμείου, Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ, τονίζει ότι “ήρθε η ώρα πληρωμής για την Ελλάδα”. Χρησιμοποιώντας κυνική γλώσσα, ισχυρίζεται ότι οι Έλληνες γονείς θα πρέπει να αναλάβουν τις ευθύνες τους αν η ζωή των παιδιών τους επηρεάζεται από τις περικοπές: “οι γονείς πρέπει να πληρώνουν τους φόρους τους”. Είναι ξεκάθαρο ότι δεν υπάρχει καμία διάθεση να ελαφρύνουν οι όροι του πακέτου λιτότητας που έχει επιβληθεί εδώ και δυόμισι χρόνια στη χώρα.

The Guardian, για την Ελλάδα μέσω radiobubble και radiobubblenews

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Greece on the breadline: 'we've watched our futures go up in smoke'

Closed businesses in Athens: young people have left in their droves after being unable to find work. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

More testimony and appeals from Greeks, at home and abroad.

Crushed ambitions

First, two young professionals describe their disheartening circumstances: Ioanna Panagioto is a volunteer at Radiobubble, a community web radio station based in a buzzing cafe where I met a number of activists the other night. She lived in London for five years until 2008, doing an MA in marketing communications and working for Debenhams. "Since coming back to Greece I've had two short temporary contracts. I've been unemployed since July 2010 and have sent 300 CVs with no luck (including for positions in a warehouse or on a shopfloor). In the meantime I've managed to earn some cash by doing random odd jobs, but it's devastating and disheartening when you're unemployed because you're forced to live with your parents, unable to make plans for the future. Having said that, I guess it must have been a shock for my generation – I am 32 – as we were raised with a career mindset, and now since everything has turned upside down we are working merely to survive. I would be lying if I said I am not considering leaving Greece again. Meanwhile, though, I look after the English section of Radiobubble News, which aims to communicate abroad what mainstream media would not cover, or give enough attention to – stories like the police making 60 preventive detentions before the big demonstration last month. We do live blogs on general strikes or demos, weekly news round-ups and breaking news. The live blogs include only verified information reported on twitter with the #rbnews hashtag. We have 25 Radiobubble contributors, and 50 other twitter users whose credibility has been tested. Our live blog on the three days of anti-austerity protests back in February got 15,000 hits, coming mostly from Spain, Italy, France and the UK."