The Greek food brawl: Hundreds fight each other for free vegetables on the streets of Athens

[Onur]

The Greek food brawl: Hundreds fight each other for free vegetables on the streets of Athens
Vegetables and fruits were handed out by farmers in Athens today. One man was trampled and injured in the commotion caused by the free food. Event sparked debate about the situation for the Greek people post collapse

Hundreds of people were fighting eachother on the streets of Athens during a food giveaway, prompting an outcry over the growing desperation created by economic crisis.

Farmers protesting against government cuts gave away 50 tonnes of free vegetables and fruit in the Greek capital earlier today, causing chaos in the streets as impoverished and hungry people elbowed their way to the stalls.

Startling images of Greeks struggling to seize bags of tomatoes and leeks thrown from a truck outside the Agriculture Ministry have sparked further debate about poverty in the debt-ridden nation.






‘These images make me angry. Angry for a proud people who have no food to eat, who can't afford to keep warm, who can't make ends meet,’ said Kostas Barkas, a lawmaker from the left-wing Syriza party.

Other lawmakers from across the political spectrum decried the images ‘of people on the brink of despair’ and the sense of ‘sadness for a proud people who have ended up like this’.

The living standards in Greece have dropped significantly since the collapse of their economy and as the nation enters its sixth year in recession, unemployment is at a record high.

The free food handout in Athens began peacefully as hundreds of Greeks lined up in advance outside the Agriculture Ministry.

Farmers had announced the giveaway as part of their ten-day protest against Greece's conservative-led coalition government's plans to increase taxation on agriculture.

They also demand that the government reduce the price of fuel and cut sales tax on their goods.

However the peaceful good-will protest soon escalated into chaos as the tables piled high with fruit and vegetables began to thin.

Tensions flared as dozens of people - some carrying small children - rushed to a nearby truck and shoved each other out of the way in the competition for what was left.

One man was treated for injuries after being trampled when he fell to the ground in the commotion.




Greeks lamented that income cuts and tax hikes had made the cost of living unbearable, forcing them to seek out free food.

‘It's difficult. I never imagined that I would end up here,’ said Panagiota Petropoulos, 65, who struggles to get by on her 530-euro monthly pension while paying 300 euros in rent.

‘I can't afford anything, not even at the fruit market. Everything is expensive, prices of everything are going up while our income is going down and there are no jobs.’

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This is how the EU fantasy ends!

[Loki]

Well, according to Wikipedia everyone should be jealous!

Greece

Greece has been a member of what is now the European Union since 1981 and the eurozone since 2001, NATO since 1952,[16] and is a founding member of the United Nations. Greece is a developed country with an advanced, high-income economy and very high standards of living, including the 21st highest quality of life as of 2010.

[Annihilus]

No wonder the nazi's are gaining ground

[tEhSaint]

Onur, you are really pathetic. Those people are mostly pakis - immigrants, and a minority of them are Greek pensioners. You actually prove nothing.

Here is a pic of those you posted. They are not Greek. Now go fuck yourself.

[Hoca]

This is no subject to be make fun off but Greeks really need to stop saying they are living better than their neighbors. Greeks have to lower their standard of living from now on. A lot of people can't cope with it and commit suicide

[tEhSaint]

This is no subject to be make fun off but Greeks really need to stop saying they are living better than their neighbors. Greeks have to lower their standard of living from now on. A lot of people can't cope with it and commit suicide

Actually, we still do

Turkey:
GDP per capita
$10,498[3] (Nominal) (2011)

Greece:
GDP per capita
€18,500 (nominal, 2011 est.)

Source: Wikipedia

And we are in HUGE crisis.

[Hoca]

Actually, we still do

Turkey:
GDP per capita
$10,498[3] (Nominal) (2011)

Greece:
GDP per capita
€18,500 (nominal, 2011 est.)

Source: Wikipedia

And we are in HUGE crisis.

It says 2011. Don't compare Greece with Turkey. You got EU subsidies last 10 years. Huge public sector which know is torn apart by austerity slowly. Greece GDP is artificial. It will fall down considerable as economist expect, lower than Turkey, to African GDP per capita standards.

[tEhSaint]

It says 2011. Don't compare Greece with Turkey. You got EU subsidies last 10 years. Turkey did everything by itself. Greece GDP is artificial. It will fall down considerable as economist expect, lower than Turkey, to African GDP per capita standards.

Then you better believe the OP.

[Onur]

Onur, you are really pathetic. Those people are mostly pakis - immigrants, and a minority of them are Greek pensioners. You actually prove nothing.

Here is a pic of those you posted. They are not Greek. Now go fuck yourself.

Here we see a typical Greek GD supporter with racist tendencies.

I am just linking an article about the desperate economical situation in Greece and including the pictures in it. Now this Greek comes here and write a response to me by saying "Onur, you are really pathetic. They are not Greek. Now go fuck yourself." and he even bothered to photoshop the image!

Here are your Pakis speaking Greek like a mothertongue!;

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[Hellenas]

Onur, you are really pathetic. Those people are mostly pakis - immigrants, and a minority of them are Greek pensioners. You actually prove nothing.

Here is a pic of those you posted. They are not Greek. Now go fuck yourself.

I agree, Turks desperately want us non-Greeks, non-white and non-European, similar to their Turkish population, that's their everlasting dream as well. No wonder why Theodoros Kolokotronis(leader of the Greek War of Independence) shouted "For the genus of the Greeks".