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The Real Story: Greece: A Long Road to Recovery

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Greece: the Long Road to Recovery

23/06/2017 GMT

Greece: A Long Road to Recovery

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What hope is there for a better future for the long-suffering Greek people?

Greece has been through dark economic times over the past decade. Last week a European Union loan of 8.5bn Euros enabled Greece to meet its latest debt payments. The IMF says this deal will help Greece stand on its own feet again over the course of the next year. But after the years of austerity and hardship, do the Greek people believe this will do anything to improve their lives?  For Newshour Extra this week, Owen Bennett Jones is in Athens to discuss the consequences of living with long-term austerity and the prognosis for economic recovery.

Photo: Anti-austerity protest in Athens, May 2017. Credit: Getty Images

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