... we press ahead with the road of change, a road that is difficult, or we choose catastrophe," said Papandreou to the Parliament just before the vote. "We choose the first. We ask you to give Greece a historic opportunity to move ahead and change" (Chu). Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos addressed Parliament, saying, "Voting for these measures, regardless of any reservations, is an important ... to Greece in 1947 following the seven-year military dictatorship (Donadio). One protestor said that Greeks' lives "are going to change forever" if the measures passed. "If you belong to middle ...

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