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1968 “FRENCH MAY”

The most violent day of the “French May”, centered on the Latin Quarter
(“Bloody Monday”). Hand-to-hand clashes between the thousands of students demonstrating for the release of their comrades and the police. 945 injured, of which 345 police officers and 422 arrests.

1974 WILLIE BRAD RESIGNED

German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns after revelations of an East German espionage case involving his close aide Gunder Guillaume.

2010 EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MEASURES

With 172 votes in favor and 121 against, the bill for the emergency economic measures in Greece is voted in principle. Antonis Samaras deletes Dora Bakoyannis from New Democracy, because she voted for the bill. In PASOK, George Papandreou excludes from the party’s Parliamentary Group the MPs Sofia Sakorafa, Yiannis Dimaras and Vassilis Oikonomou, who declared themselves “present”.

2012 Abolishment of bipartisanship

Defeat of bipartisanship, great rise of SYRIZA in the urban centers and entry of the far-right Golden Dawn in the Parliament are the main characteristics of the elections, which mark the radical upheaval of the political scene and the “end of the post-colonialism” for the majority of political commentators.