Athens' Indignants threaten political system

For more than a week now the "indignant citizens" movement has been demonstrating in Athens against the government's drastic austerity measures. The protests are a symptom of a major crisis of the political system in which the great majority of citizens have lost faith in the parties, writes the left-liberal daily To Ethnos: "Already the parties are discussing whether this phenomenon represents a threat to the political system, while others believe it is just an insignificant expression of anger - without political weight or serious repercussions. ... The people who have gathered at Athens' main square reject the entire structure of the system: the parties, trade unions, media and institutions. They are making the point that they won't vote for the [socialist ruling party] Pasok, or the [liberal-conservative opposition party] Nea Dimokratia, nor for the communist KKE party or the radical left coalition Syriza. This is why the parties are not taking a positive view of the demonstrators."

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