Police sources reported that on Saturday night there were renewed clashes between riot police and hundreds of people, including opposition MPs, protesting for two thousand 600 dismissed workers back to their jobs and the signal is restored Greek Public Television ERT.
The police repelled the SYRIZA MPs, radical left formation and Greek main opposition party, and the small group populist Independent Greeks who wanted to enter the building of the ERT, located in a northern suburb of Athens.
former headquarters of the channel remains closed to the public and is guarded by police after rioting were registered last Thursday, when evicted agency dismissed workers who occupied since June 11 when the government decided to close under economic measures.
The decision, which had a great impact in Greece and abroad, was about to bring down the coalition government of Antonis Samaras, with the departure of one of its two partners, the leftist DIMAR.
ERT dismissed workers called to come to the seat of the channel, an invitation that was answered by several members of the Communist Party (KKE) and SYRIZA radical left, but police denied access to the premises.
Despite the closure of the TV station, journalists continued to issue thanks to the collaboration of websites, because the signal had been cut by the government.
conservative government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras justified the decision to close the public broadcaster claiming it was too expensive EUR 300 million per year, and a source of nepotism and opacity. At the same time announced a new television for the upcoming year.
ERT cost was considered too high for Greece in crisis. The government agreed with international creditors (the EU and the International Monetary Fund) to dismiss four thousand public sector employees by the end of the year to reduce public spending.
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