Hours before the start of a 24-hour national strike against public sector wage freezes and bonus cuts at midnight Tuesday, Papandreou's cabinet announced further tough measures, including an increase in the average age of retirement by two years to 63 by 2015 and new taxes.
Satima pre početka 24-časovnog nacionalnog štrajka protiv zamrzavanja plata u javnom sektoru i smanjenja bonusa u utorak u ponoć, Papandreuova vlada je saopštila dalje oštre mere, uključujući povećanje prosečne starosne dobi za odlazak u penziju za dve godine, na 63, do 2015. godine, kao i nove poreze.