Athens Mayor Takes On Protest Voters to Reclaim City’s Streets
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George Kaminis is trying to reclaim the streets of Athens from protesters who elected him mayor in November. He scored his first victory this month when workers demanding permanent jobs ended a 25-day occupation of city hall.
The demonstrators kept the New York-born lawyer out of the building on March 28, forcing the municipal council to pass Athens’s 899 million-euro ($1.3 billion) 2011 budget at a nearby hotel. Kaminis, 56, held two other meetings at alternative sites during the sit-in.