epa03041267 Homeless and poor people wait in line at a soup kitchen run by the church of Greece in Athens, 22 December 2011. According to Church estimates the number of people fed by soup kitchens has increased by 15 per cent. Reports state tthe continuing austerity measures and negative growth in Greece has dried up the income of the middle class, which is the backbone of the Greek economy. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU +++(c) dpa – Bildfunk+++
