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Greece: A Long Road to Recovery

What hope is there for a better future for the long-suffering Greek people?

Greece has been through dark economic times over the past decade. Last week a European Union loan of 8.5bn Euros enabled Greece to meet its latest debt payments. The IMF says this deal will help Greece stand on its own feet again over the course of the next year. But after the years of austerity and hardship, do the Greek people believe this will do anything to improve their lives? For Newshour Extra this week, Owen Bennett Jones is in Athens to discuss the consequences of living with long-term austerity and the prognosis for economic recovery.

Photo: Anti-austerity protest in Athens, May 2017. Credit: Getty Images

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Sat 24 Jun 2017 03:06GMT
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Platon Monokrousos - group chief economist Eurobank

Despina Kutsumba - leading member of the Greek public sector workers union, and left wing activist

Costas Douzinas - Syriza MP and chairman of the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee

Helena Smith - Correspondent for The Guardian, Athens

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  • Fri 23 Jun 2017 08:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
  • Fri 23 Jun 2017 17:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia
  • Fri 23 Jun 2017 23:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
  • Sat 24 Jun 2017 03:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Australasia & News Internet

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