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Lawlessness in Athens: We lost the METRO and the Limit
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Editor
No, the title is not a product of my own smart brain cells, I translated it from a Greek news portal. It is a word game with the Greek words ‘Μέτρο’ (limit, metre) and “Μετρό” (subway) and expresses in a very clever way the anarchist situation that is caused by the public transport strikes.
Yesterday, an Athens court declared today’s Metro strike as ‘illegal’. However the Athens subway unionists ignored the court decision and will indeed proceed to their strike.
The Metro workers even moved downtown and blocked the entrances of the Metro station in Syntagma Square, the main point for change-overs in the underground traffic network of the Greek capital.
The unionists protest the upcoming government reforms in the public transport fearing the loss of some thousands of jobs and benefits. The relevant bill will be passed within the next weeks.
The responsible ministry declares itself “absent”, reacts idly and lets them prevail. Transport Minister Dimitris Reppas showed a resounding indifference to the problems of the four million Athens residents and whispered a meaningful nothing like ”guild’s benefits”.
No minister or general secretaries or advisers need to use public transportation means – that’s more than obvious.
In the substance of the problem we have a situation where a trade union ignores the law and a minister who lets the lawlessness prevail.
Why should Greeks obey the laws, when the laws are valid only to some groups of the society and thus with the tolerance of the government?
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