双语新闻:希腊举行2013年第一次总罢工

2013-02-22 00:00:00来源:新东方网

  Greece braces for first general strike of 2013 against austerity

  Greek workers are launching on Wednesday the first general strike of 2013 to renew their protest over the government-prescribed austerity measures.

  The strike came ahead of a return of auditors of international creditors to Athens next week to discuss the next painful steps in efforts to tackle the Greek debt crisis.

  The 24-hour nationwide mobilization is organized by the two main umbrella trade unions of public and private sector employees to protest the latest round of pay and pension cuts, tax increases and the planned dismissals of thousands civil servants in the coming months.

  European Union and International Monetary Fund creditors, who have been keeping debt-wrecked Greece afloat with multi-billion bailout aid packages since 2010, are pushing for more progress before the disbursement of the next loan tranche to Athens in coming weeks.

  Thousands of protesters walked off their jobs on Wednesday, marching to the streets of central Athens. The workers claimed that the policies implemented over the past three years have came to a dead-end, fuelling deep recession and impoverishing Greek society.

  "We will struggle to the end," read banners raised by strikers outside the parliament building, as schools and state offices were shut down, hospitals ran on emergency personnel and public transport services were partially disrupted.

  希腊主要公共部门和私营部门工会20日组织了2013年的第一次总罢工,抗议希腊政府为摆脱债务危机推行的一系列紧缩措施。

  数千名抗议者当天走上雅典街头,抗议政府削减工资、增加税收和大规模裁员等措施。雅典地区公立学校停课,部分政府机关停止办公,医院只保留急诊服务,公交也部分停运。希腊其他地方当天也举行了类似的24小时罢工和抗议活动。

  这是希腊今年以来的第一次全国性总罢工,也被认为是对国际救助机构的抗议行动。国际货币基金组织和欧盟的代表拟于下周重返希腊,与希腊政府磋商近期需要落实的紧缩措施,以保证希腊如期获得下一笔救助贷款。

  在雅典的抗议活动中,混杂在和平抗议者中的部分无政府主义分子朝警察投掷石块和汽油弹,警察发射催泪弹控制局面。一名示威者在冲突中被无政府主义分子误伤,至少10人因为破坏商店橱窗和汽车被警方拘捕。

  债务危机爆发后,国际货币基金组织和欧盟为避免希腊出现债务违约,决定向希腊提供两轮共2400亿欧元的救助贷款,同时要求希腊实施一系列紧缩和改革措施。这些措施使部分希腊民众的生活受到影响。

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