21/3/2015

TheEuropeanworkerswhoworkthelongesthours

The European
workers who work
the longest hours
Posted10daysagobyEvanBartlettinnews

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ThepeopleofGreecestuckafigurativetwofingersupatthe
countryseurozonecreditorsinJanuarybyelectingtheanti
austeritySyrizaparty.

WhiletheGreekeconomyhasstruggledtoreviveafterthe2008
financialcrisis,thebelowchartfromStatistashowsthecountrys
workershavebeentoilingforlongerthananyoftheirEUcomrades.
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21/3/2015

TheEuropeanworkerswhoworkthelongesthours

Perhapsitisthereforeunderstandablethattheynolongerwantedto
bepunishedbycutstopublicspendingimposedbythetroika
EuropeanCommission,EuropeanCentralBankandInternational
MonetaryFund.

Interestingly,thoseinPortugalandSpaintwoothercountrys
contendingwitheconomiccriseswerenotfarbehind.

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