Thousands
of protesters march in Brussels, a day before Athens and int’l
creditors gather in city in seek of agreement
At least
5,000 people marched on the streets of Brussels on Sunday in
solidarity with the Greek people amid ongoing bailout negotiations
between the Greek government and international creditors.
The
protesters were carrying banners that read "Our lives do not
belong to creditors" and "We are not afraid and we will not
step back”.
The protest
comes a day before eurozone finance ministers are set to gather in
Brussels to reach an agreement on the country’s bailout after
failing to reach an agreement during a meeting in Luxembourg on
Friday.
Greek
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis made a series of proposals, which
were very quickly rejected by the eurozone ministers as not credible.
A Greek
default could cause uproar on financial markets around the world. For
Athens, it almost certainly means that capital controls, of the type
used in Cyprus in 2013, will be imposed by the European Central Bank.
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