UK: Pro-Syriza protesters swamp German Embassy in London

Hundreds of anti-austerity protesters gathered outside the German Embassy in London, Wednesday, in solidarity with Greece as the Hellenic Parliament votes on whether the debt ridden country should accept the terms of the recent bailout agreement. Critics have condemned the deal, saying the terms Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accepted are harsher than the ones originally rejected. The creditors’ demands in the new proposal include the full implementation of automatic spending cuts, including pension reforms and other austerity measures. Moreover, they require the Syriza government to align its legislative agenda with the institutions (IMF, ECB, EU), removing legislation that breaks with the strict spending plans. Protests concerning the bailout agreement have once again erupted in Athens, where opponents of the deal threw Molotov cocktails and set a van on fire.