Thousands of people protested on July 15 across Europe – and in cities around the world – in solidarity with Greece's struggle against austerity.
The next day, Marina Prentoulis, spokesperson for Syriza in Britain, told TeleSUR that what was needed was a “pan-European movement” capable of confronting the power of European capital and the neoliberal agenda of European leaders.
The Greek parliament voted on July 16 in favour of reform measures required by a deal reached between the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greece's creditors.
“In order to be able to resist their demands, we need a pan-European movement,” Prentoulis told TeleSUR, adding this was the “only way to resist this immense power” of European capital. The SYRIZA government, elected on an anti-austerity platform, has come under heavy criticism for agreeing to a deal involving measures running contrary to the leftist party's ideological outlook.
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