Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos warned lawmakers they must implement further austerity to “rewrite” Greece’s behavior, as the government prepared to put a vote to parliament that risks stoking social unrest.
Tear gas was fired in central Athens as protesters clashed with police for a second day outside the parliament building where Prime Minister George Papandreou will put the legislation to a vote later today. Parliament’s acting speaker confirmed the death of a protester and offered lawmakers’ condolences as the debate continued into the evening local time.
