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ESL / EFL Lesson Activity on Greece Protests

Workers in Greece went on on Wednesday. Many of the capital Athens stopped working. At the airport, staff sat on the to stop airplanes landing. People called it a “river of ”. They were angry with the Greek government. Greece’s prime minister George Papandreou introduced many measures last week. These included pay and the raising of the retirement age. Many strikers said the were against the "tsunami of on workers". One worker said: "We are at with the government because it is at war with us."

The rest of Europe is at Greece very closely. European governments are the protests might . There are fears there will be more violence. The only public workers seen on Athens on Wednesday were riot policemen. Many Europeans are without jobs and are weak following the global financial . Greeks bankers for their problems. It is the same in other Euroland nations. European are meeting to discuss how to help the Greeks. One of the is to give Greece financial .