FLASH
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Syntagma Square in front of the Greek parliament was transformed on Wednesday evening into an arena of clashes between demonstrators and police forces.
The violent incidents occurred when unknown persons threw stones, hard objects, and Molotov cocktails at police forces, who responded by throwing tear gas canisters at them to disperse the crowd.
The confrontations, which lasted for several hours, began at the end of a protest rally by thousands of citizens demanding justice for the victims of the Tempi train accident two years ago that killed 57 people. The demonstrators, including students, family members and workers, held a moment of silence before releasing lanterns into the air and forming the number '57' with candles.
Earlier, within parliament, four opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a parliamentary debate on the country's worst rail disaster.
"It was your arrogance, your arrogance and your disrespect that drove people to the streets and squares, not the conspiracy theories you are reviving today. This is why we are presenting a no-confidence motion today," said Nikos Androulakis, leader of the Socialist Party PASOK.
76 MPs from four opposition parties and 9 independents point out in the motion that the government has lost its popular mandate by accusing it of evading responsibility for the tragedy, failing to take responsibility, failing to fix critical safety gaps in the railway system and attempting to cover up evidence.
Meanwhile, the Greek prime minister has given a different explanation for the largest popular protest last Friday, alluding that forces from outside Greece through social networks have influenced Greeks.
"Two years after the trauma of Tempi, we are experiencing a shared mourning, which certain circles are seeking to turn into a point of division," said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece.
While protests have also taken place in other cities and will continue in the coming days, a recent poll shows that New Democracy has lost almost 4 points, slipping to 23.1%, from 41% in the 2023 elections.
Also, for the first time in 6 years of her government, 52.5% of those surveyed say that the country should go to early elections, 6 in 10 people do not trust the Greek judiciary, 72% say that the government tried to cover up the causes of the railway tragedy.
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