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Greek tax officials walked off the job today to protest against wage freeze

VideoassistentenFebruary 4, 2010

Welcome back to business... Greece's government is trying to find a balance between EU demands and fears of social unrest in the country. With a budget deficit of nearly 13 percent, the country far excedes the EU limit of 3 percent. Greece's austerity plan to pull the country out of debt includes a wage freeze across the public sector. While the government enjoys solid public support, Greek tax officials walked off the job today to protest the plan.

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