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"Mr President, I consider that the concepts ‘democracy’ and ‘human rights’ are concepts that are used and abused, because we infringe them as easily as we praise them
The representatives of the troika in Greece are demanding that measures be taken that will decimate Greek society, before a new loan is contracted for Greece. They are asking, among other things, for 150 000 civil servants to be made redundant and for private-sector wages and pensions to be cut, by abolishing the minimum wage and collective agreements. These demands conflict with the Charter of Human Rights and constitutional treaties protecting the right to work, which is a basic human right. There is a risk that the social fabric will be dissolved and of destabilisation in Greece. As regards the recent stand taken by the Greek Government, may I assure you that not only is it inapplicable; more to the point, it is an insult to the Greeks. The crisis will be over one day and, once it is over, we need to be able to look each other in the eye."@en1
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