You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Greeks Protest Against Low Wages as Parliament Approves New Budget

HeadlineDec 17, 2025

Greece’s Parliament approved a new budget on Tuesday as massive protests were held by farmers and public-sector workers denouncing low wages amid skyrocketing food and housing costs. Earlier on Tuesday, protesters gathered in Athens.

Argyria Rotokritou: “We are striking today across the entire public sector and coordinating with the struggle waged by farmers against the government’s passage of this budget. It is a budget that cuts millions from public hospitals, where I also work, and channels the money into military spending. It hands it to the banks. We will not allow this.”

Topics:
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top