Greece: towards multiple responsibilities after the tragic train accident
The Greek train network is "unsuitable for the 21st century" recognized the Greek Minister of Transport before resigning the day after the deadly collision (our photo).
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In Greece, six days after the deadly train accident which claimed the lives of at least 57 people - the majority of them students in their twenties - on the night of Tuesday February 28 to Wednesday March 1, the emotion and anger did not subside.
Tributes to the victims, demonstrations: this weekend was thus marked by a major popular mobilization – around 12,000 people gathered, for example, in Syntagma Square in the heart of Athens – as well as by the official apologies of the Prime Minister, at the name of the Greek state.
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With our correspondent in Athens,
Joël Bronner
It was a very tense week in Greece which ended on the evening of Sunday March 5 with the imprisonment of the station master of the town of Larissa, pending a future trial.
The 59-year-old man, who admitted "
his share of responsibility
", had already been in pre-trial detention since the day after the collision.
After the train accident, however, his lawyer called for not seeing only the tree that hides, in his words, "
the forest of responsibilities
".
"
We must not hide
"
A position that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has also adopted, under the pressure of the demonstrations which have multiplied in recent days across the country.
He, who had spoken of a “
tragic human error
”, rectified the situation this Sunday by affirming: “
We must not hide behind human error
”.
“
Not suitable for the 21st century
”
This is indeed what those who take to the streets ask themselves: why did the State and successive governments not contribute to modernizing and securing a network, which many in the country knew outside 'age ?
A network of trains "
unsuitable for the 21st century
" even recognized the Greek Minister of Transport before resigning the day after the deadly collision.
►Also read: Deadly train accident in Greece: protesters unleash their anger in Athens
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