As the finance ministers of the Eurozone gather for a crucial meeting on the future of Greece, thousands of citizens are braving freezing temperatures (yes, it's been snowing in Athens too) to show their opposition to destructive austerity policies. Here are some representative tweets. Just follow the hashtag mazi for more.
One of the symbolic perhaps but still important changes wrought by the brand new government is how it handles demonstrations. Admittedly these are PRO-government demos but still, no riot police, no provocative police presence even in other situations that were not in their favor.
The first image is from the eurogroup, the rest are from the demos that are still growing in size and spreading across the EU.
The smiles that kill... pic.twitter.com/Tt789hjd4k#Varoufakis#Schaeuble#Greece
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) February 11, 2015#TodosSomosGriegos#Syntagma#mazi#vouli#elpida#freedom#eu#ecb#europeπαρατοχιονιημεγαλύτερηαπό 12/2/12 pic.twitter.com/FBJPjnuHkd
— manos gvl (@ManosGvl) February 11, 2015"despite the snow the biggest since 12/2/12"
Panoramic pic. from #syntagma sq. now. 15,000 people (rough estimation by @MakisSinodinos#athens#11Feb2015#mazipic.twitter.com/WC5X2xo4D5
— spyros gkelis (@northaura) February 11, 2015Paris, France RT @PCFParisCentre: Rassemblement de soutien au peuple grec à Paris ! #Mazipic.twitter.com/iNoKMsBlVL
— Theodora Oikonomides (@IrateGreek) February 11, 2015