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Greeks Face First Product Shortages As Cash Runs Out, “It’s Worse Than In 2012”

March 10, 2015

Greeks Face First Product Shortages As Cash Runs Out, “It’s Worse Than In 2012”

Just when you thought it was getting better (or so you would believe if you listened to the mainstream media’s punditry) Greece faces what ekathimerini reports is a “situation worse than in 2012.” From well-known Belgian beer to electronics equipment, the first occurrences of shortages in imported goods and raw materials have arisen as a result of Greek enterprises’ inability to pay with cash in advance.

In 2013, there were food riots as people could not afford the staples as a six-day strike led to food shortages…

Hundreds of people jostled for free vegetables handed out by farmers in a symbolic protest earlier on Wednesday, trampling one man and prompting an outcry over the growing desperation created by economic crisis.

Images of people struggling to seize bags of tomatoes and leeks thrown from a truck dominated television, triggering a bout of soul-searching over the new depths of poverty in the debt-laden country.

“These images make me angry. Angry for a proud people who have no food to eat, who can’t afford to keep warm, who can’t make ends meet,” said Kostas Barkas, a lawmaker from the leftist Syriza party.

Other lawmakers from across the political spectrum decried the images “of people on the brink of despair” and the sense of “sadness for a proud people who have ended up like this“.

People have seen their living standards crumble as the country faces its sixth year of recession that has driven unemployment to record highs.

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