Video: Running street battles erupt in Athens Clashes have intensified between police and demonstrators in the central Athens Syntagma square, as thousands of striking workers marched on the parliament to protest against European Union and International Monetary Fund-prescribed austerity measures. Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and rocks, while riot police lines charged, firing teargas and beating protesters back with batons. Many Greeks, already suffering from five consecutive years of recession, are increasingly angry about the new measures, which are unlikely to ease an economy, where one in five is unemployed, shops close one after another and households are tightening their budget. Parliament will vote on the new bailout agreement on Sunday or Monday, and it is expected to pass, although many politicians have expressed their opposition to the plan in the last days. Besides the two day strike, unions have also called for a protest outside the parliament on Sunday to coincide with the voting of the bailout agreement.