11.09.2015 - 09:18 [ Zoe Konstantopoulou / Counterpunch ]

Sovereign Debt as Weapon: Subverting Democracy in Greece

(7.September) At this 4th World Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, on placing democracy at the service of peace, sustainable development and building the world that people want, I stand before you and among you, as President of the recently dissolved Hellenic Parliament to address you with a call for solidarity to the Greek people and to Greece: The place where democracy was born and where it is now being bluntly attacked and violated.