Coming Soon: Greece

By on June 29, 2012 in news

“Coming Soon: Greece” was the name of the hourly mini-documentary, which aired a couple of days ago on BBC3 and presented by Stacey Dooley.

Stacey traveled to Greece to find out herself exactly how severe the austerity measures are and how these have affected the Greek population; needless to say, she was really shocked to discover a very harsh reality; a reality that’s not only crippling the Greek economy, but it’s literally creating a chaos in the lives of everyday people.

In fact, Stacey was brave enough to participate in a street protest organized by the movement “We Do Not Pay” having as a companion her friend Konstantinos, a 25-year-old post graduate struggling to find a job and now an activist whom she met while  there. What she thought was a peaceful demonstration turned out to be a violent march. Police without any warning started firing tear gas to disperse the public who had gathered outside the Greek Parliament to protest against the severe measures imposed on them and…well the rest is history!

Stacey and some of her team managed to find shelter in one of the hotels nearby, only to “watch” the spectacle from the balcony taking cover AT ALL TIMES and being careful not to be hurt by the molotofs that were literally flying in the air.  The police, ofcourse, when asked refused to make any kind of statement and tried to prevent her filming, only to aggravate the protesters even more.

Stacey Dooley didn’t stop there though! She visited the Greek Parliament and tried to arrange a meeting with one of the existing government’s representatives, only to be seen by a lady named Olga, who was actually part of the committee voting for the referendum whether to stay in the euro or not.  Her answer was just a blunt, We had to make a difficult choice and a catastrophic one,” which encapsulated how indifferent the Greek government was towards the problems they have created in the first place.

The conclusion is something we all know deep down inside, and Stacey has realized it just by her single visit–the system must change and this change must happen now.  We cannot possibly have a European country being reduced to shambles, and the youth must take over this country that is bleeding in the hands of all those who are incompetent and unable to help it anymore.



  • GGG65

    The conclusion is something we all know deep down inside and Stacey has realized it just by her single visit–the system must change and this change must happen now. We cannot possibly have a European country being reduced to shambles, and the youth must take over this country that is bleeding in the hands of all those who are incompetent and unable to help it anymore. “She is absolutely right”. I myself mention all that in my comments about the system, the politicians and the country. Greece in not a European country, has nothing to do with Europe in anyway other than being a “Mafia State” run by corrupt politicians in which they looted the country’s wealth causing the country’s bankruptcy and driving desperate people to suicide. Greece is not a country other than a “Mafia State” within a state and when the massive corruption will be eliminated, law & order will be restored and the required changes are implemented than Greece can be called a European country. At present Greece still governed by the corrupt old guards who caused the country to crash deeply without any prospects of prosperity and future to its people instead they are bringing more misery and more suicide, increase in crime and more thousands of unemployed people. Greece needs honest, caring, professionals and understanding new blood of lawmakers to take the country to a new era leaving behind 38 years of destruction caused by the two major parties and if this can’t be achieved then Greece is lost forever.