Members of the European Parliament and a number of people gathered outside the European institution, in Brussels, to show solidarity and strength for the Greek people and the protests that have been continuously waged on the streets of Greece regarding the austerity measures.

With a camaraderie feeling, protests chanted songs and screamed Solidarity as the key word for a union of shared values and social cohesion. Workers should not pay for the crisis and to be driven to unemployment and poverty without being provided any way out of this crisis, members of the European Parliament defended in front of the institutions. Workers across Europe should stand up to respond to the IMF, the international financial markets and the neo-liberal politicians, they added.

“The recently approved package cannot deliver stability for Greek citizens but would aim to create incentives for the quickest possible return to international financial markets at risky prices. Countries and Europe in general should not persist with the failed Stability and Growth pact, but must find a common solution. This is not a Greek, Portuguese, Irish or Spanish crisis. This is a European crisis”, Lothar Bisky, president of the Party of the European Left said.

Governments can be divided on how to deal with the crisis in the eurozone, but they are all united about who should pay for this crisis. Cutbacks in public services and a slashing of wages is not the way and the working class will not accept to pay for the bosses ‘crisis.

Concerning the tragic events that happened yesterday in Greece, Syriza and the Party of European Left express sincere and deep grief for the death of three bank employees. Besides the massive strike that paralyzed the Hellenic nation, there were demonstrations registered in Vienna, Bilbao, London, Paris, Berlin and Budapest.