Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled to win support from his own party to pass the unpopular legislation. And public anger has been widespread. The two largest labor unions in Greece have called for another strike on October nineteenth.
社会主义者兼首相George Papandreou努力赢得他所属党派的支持来通过该项不得人心的立法。这广泛激起了公众的愤怒情绪。希腊最大的两个劳动工会呼吁10月19日进行另一次罢工。
This week, the Greek government announced that it would not meet the deficit reduction targets it had promised its lenders.
这周,希腊政府宣称他们达不到许诺借款人的减少财政赤字的目标。
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