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Athens, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Apr, 2025) More than 15,000 people took to the streets in Greece on Wednesday in the second 24-hour general strike this year, calling for higher wages to match the rising cost of living. Transport ground to a halt as air traffic controllers joined the action, while rail and public transport as well as island ferry services were hit. Schools, courts, banks and public offices were also shut as part of the demonstrations.
The action came as the new sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump come into effect. They include a 20-percent levy on the European Union, of which Greece is a member. In Athens, police said more than 10,000 people gathered near parliament as part of public- and private-sector union action against the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Protesters shouted "salary increases", "injustice is suffocating us" and "down with New Democracy" -- Mitsotakis's party. Public sector union ADEDY blamed the "exorbitant " on "the cartels that operate freely in the energy sector but also in various products and services". Increasing housing costs were the of "anarchic tourist development", it added, pointing the finger at the government.
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