Pro-Europe supporters rally in central Athens

The “pro-Yes” vote supporters were amassing in front of Parliament in central Athens’ Syntagma Square

 

More than 20,000 Greek braved a June thunder storm on Tuesday evening rally in favor of Greece’s continued presence in the eurozone, and in general, to support a Greece of Europe. The emphasis was on a “yes” vote in Sunday’s hastily called referendum by leftist PM Alexis Tsipras.

The wordy question involves what the government presents as the last proposal by creditors last week, more-or-less in the form of an ultimatum. The government’s own eight-billion-euro proposal of mostly tax-and-tax measures was not up for approval by the voters.

“We’ll stay in Europe,” “Greece, Europe, democracy” and cries of “resign, resign” were the main slogans uttered by protesters

 

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