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About 5,000, mostly communist, protestors marched on parliament...even after PM George Papandreou reshuffled his cabinet...because of his vow to continue austerity measures.
"What has changed with the reshuffle? Nothing," said a student."We are not planning to leave unless they take back the measures."
The Euro, European and world markets also settled down...as German Chancellor Angela Merkel ended her 6-week stand-off...and reluctantly relented to only "voluntary" roll-overs by investors of Greek debt that was pushed by French President Sarkozy and the ECB.
Merkel has long called-for private investors in Greece bonds to suffer forced debt re-structuring...so-called "haircuts".
Now she must face an increasingly antagonistic German parliament...and a populace unhappy about "supporting" the distressed, mostly southern tier of eurozone countries, sometimes called the "Club Med" nations.
"They've bought themselves time until September," said a London strategist.
