They are every year more and more people queuing to get a free Christmas dinner, according to the town of Athens. Men and women, homeless or struggling home in poverty were patiently queuing Thursday. The municipality said it had distributed 800 meals, 200 more than last year.
"These are the decisions of each government that led us here, says one sexagenarian. For six years, I received a disability pension, but they have made some changes and it was cut. That's how I fell in absolute poverty. "
Placed since 2010 under financial infusion of the troika (the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund), Greece is emerging from six years of recession.
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