Greek government to blame for general strike

Greece was paralysed on Wednesday by a general strike protesting against the government's strict austerity measures. But the government only has itself to blame for the strike, writes the conservative daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, because it hoodwinked the population for many long years: "Certainly, the Greeks - especially those working in the public sector - have defended their extensive social privileges. But it has now come out that Greece has sunk deep into a morass of dishonesty [for supplying Brussels with falsified budget data]. And the lies were not only directed at the EU, the European Central Bank and Eurostat. Those in power also assured the Greek population that the state was in a position to continue allocating public funds. The woeful effects of this decade-long lie are only now coming to light."

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