A group of protestors on the island of Corfu blocked off 60 Greek and foreign parliamentarians in a restaurant late Wednesday where the Greek parliament was hosting a dinner for the participants in a regular meeting of the Council of Europe's (CoE) parliamentary assembly (PACE) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population is taking place.
The demonstrators, protesting against the government's harsh austerity measures, gathered outside Dimarchiou Square on Wednesday evening, and when they learned that the parliamentarians were in the restaurant of the local Yacht Club, they headed to the site to continue their protests, but were stopped from approaching the restaurant when the iron gate at the entrance of the site closed.
The demonstrators remained outside the gate, shouting slogans, while a few individuals threw stones.
The MPs finally left the restaurant at 1:00 a.m., on a caique, under a discrete police presence.
Among the Greek MPs were deputy employment minister Anna Dalara, parliament vice-president Rodoula Zissi, ruling Pasok MPs Dinos Vrettos and Angela Gerekou, and main opposition New Democracy (ND) parliamentary spokesman Nikos Dendias.
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