(25 May 2011)
1. Wide of gathered crowd
2. Mid of demonstrators holding placard depicting Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou as a clown, UPSOUND crowd shouting (Greek): "Here is the Premier"
3. Close of banner in front of Parliament reading (Greek): "Get out"
4. Various of demonstrators dancing and playing the drums
5. Pan left of crowd clapping and chanting
6. Close of drummers in the crowd
7. Pan down from Parliament to people protesting in front of it
8. Close of drum being played by protester
9. Close of crowd holding up kitchen utensils and playing them as musical instruments
10. Pan up from drums to protesters
11. Close of people chanting
12. Mid of crowd clapping in protest
STORYLINE:
Thousands of young Greeks on Wednesday demonstrated in the capital Athens, the first protest against austerity measures that has not been politically affiliated.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's government has implemented harsh and unpopular austerity measures as Greece tries to tackle its debt crisis.
Meanwhile, the Eurpean Fisheries Commissioner, Greece's Maria Damanaki, on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the country's debt crisis threatened its participation in the euro currency, as Papandreou pledged to see through a new raft of unpopular cutbacks.
Papandreou insisted he was determined to keep Greece in the eurozone and renewed his commitment to pass a new set of austerity measures.
The austerity measures, including a new midterm package of more cuts announced this week and due to run to 2015, have sparked frequent protests, several of which degenerated into riots.
But thousands on Wednesday heeded a call sent out on a social networking site for "outraged" citizens to gather for peaceful demonstrations in central Athens, and the second largest city of Thessaloniki.
A crowd of more than 15,000, mostly young people, gathered in Athens to demonstrate against the current government austerity measures as well as the new measures to follow.
Protesters played drums and chanted anti-government slogans outside Parliament.
A line of riot police stood watch, but the atmosphere was peaceful.
The new plan includes more than 6 (b) billion (8.4 billion dollars) worth of measures this year, including tax increases and an immediate start to previously announced privatisations.
The measures aim to narrow the budget deficit from 10.5 percent of gross domestic product last year to 7.5 percent by the end of 2011.
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