雅典，10月21日——周三，希腊各地数千名学生和教师走上街头，要求政府增加教育经费、改善学校设施、减少教室的拥挤程度，他们的诉求与其他欧洲国家的抗议者如出一辙。
ATHENS, Oct 21 - Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets across Greece on Wednesday, demanding higher state funding for education, better facilities and less-crowded classrooms, echoing protesters in other European countries.
据警方统计，约有1万名示威者（包括中小学生和大学生）在雅典市中心及郊区和平集会；全国各地的其他城市也发生了类似的抗议活动，参与者们都表达了对法国及其他欧洲国家日益严重的抗议活动的支持，这些抗议活动主要是针对不断上涨的生活成本以及学校条件的恶化。
About 10,000 demonstrators, including school and university students, rallied peacefully in central Athens and suburbs, police said. Others joined rallies in cities across the country, all voicing their solidarity with growing protests in France and elsewhere in Europe over soaring living costs and over what they called crumbling school conditions.
这些抗议活动给基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯（Kyriakos Mitsotakis）领导的中右翼政府带来了压力——该政府将于2027年中期面临大选。在希腊债务危机过去多年后，民众仍面临着工资停滞、租金高涨以及能源成本上升等问题。
The protests add pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government, which faces elections in mid-2027, as Greeks struggle with stagnant wages, high rents and rising energy costs years after the country's debt crisis.
“从希腊到法国，我们都要求获得免费、优质的公共教育！”抗议者在议会外高呼。学生们还在雅典市中心的辛塔格玛广场（Syntagma Square）搭起了帐篷，并在周三的游行前举行了一场通宵抗议活动。
"From Greece to France, we want public, free education," protesters chanted as they gathered outside parliament. Students had set up tents in central Athens' Syntagma Square and staged an overnight protest before Wednesday's march.
由于部分小学教师和医生因薪资问题及人员短缺而罢工，公立学校和医院的正常运营受到了影响。
State school and hospital operations were disrupted as some primary school teachers and doctors walked out, protesting over pay and staff shortages.
教育部长索菲亚·扎卡拉基（Sofia Zacharaki）在抗议活动前表示，她已经注意到了学生们的诉求，并承认住房成本正在给希腊家庭带来压力；她同时表示，政府正在实施总额超过7.33亿欧元（8.23亿美元）的项目，用于新建学生宿舍和改善学校设施。
Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki said before the protests that she was hearing students' demands. She acknowledged housing costs were putting pressure on Greek households and said projects worth more than €733 million ($823 million) were underway for new student residences and facilities upgrades.
希腊已经从2009年至2018年的债务危机中恢复过来——在那场危机期间，为了获得国际救助（总计约2900亿欧元），政府不得不削减工资和教育支出。虽然此后希腊人的工资有所上涨，但他们的实际购买力仍然是欧盟国家中最低的之一；而最近由于伊朗战争导致的通货膨胀和燃料价格飙升，又进一步加剧了他们的经济困境。
Greece has recovered from a 2009-2018 debt crisis, when wages and education spending were cut under austerity in exchange for three international bailouts worth about €290 billion. Salaries have increased since, but real purchasing power for many Greeks is still among the lowest in the EU and has taken a fresh blow from rising inflation and soaring fuel prices linked to the Iran war.
平均月薪 1500 欧元（约合 1685 美元）仍停留在 2009 年水平，飙涨的房租让许多年轻希腊人在城市里买不起房、租不起房。
The average monthly salary of €1,500 ($1,685) remains stuck at the 2009 level and many young Greeks have been priced out of housing in cities by skyrocketing rents.
“在这里生存非常困难，房租真的很高，房子真的很小。我们父母凑不出钱来付我们的房租、电费，维持我们在这里的生活，”21 岁的大学生 Georgia Foukidou 说，她参加了在雅典举行的抗议活动。
"Surviving here is very difficult, the rent is really high, the houses are really small. Our parents can’t make ends meet to pay for our rent, the electricity, for our life here," said university student Georgia Foukidou, 21, who joined the protest in Athens.
此前几天，法国和阿尔巴尼亚爆发抗议示威，民众对生活成本上涨和被认为存在的腐败感到愤怒，引发冲突并造成严重财产损失。
The demonstrations follow days of protests in France and Albania, where anger over rising living costs and perceived corruption has led to clashes and heavy property damage.
近几个月来，希腊的抗议活动基本保持和平。米佐塔基斯政府表示，用于帮助家庭和企业应对能源成本上涨的国家补贴和其他援助将达到约 10 亿欧元。
Protests in Greece have been largely peaceful in recent months. Mitsotakis' government has said state subsidies and other aid to prop up households and businesses against rising energy costs would reach about €1 billion.