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Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis joins Greek protest movement, draws crowd of more than 20,000
Protesters gather at the Athens University during a massive peaceful rally against austerity measures on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. About 25,000 people take part in the protest organized by university teachers. European officials are locked in a heated debate over whether _ and how _ to give more aid to debt-ridden Greece just as a much-delayed examination of the country's finances draws to a close. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's best-known living composer Mikis Theodorakis has drawn a crowd of more than 20,000 people at a rally against austerity measures.
The 85-year-old composer of "Zorba the Greek" called the terms of the €110 billion ($158 billion) bailout loan deal a "national betrayal" and urged opposition parties not to back the agreement.
Theodorakis spoke to a rally in central Athens, in support of protesters camped at city squares across Greece for a week — inspired by ongoing Spanish street protests.
Greece says it is concluding negotiations with the European Union and International Monetary Fund to release the vital next instalment of the rescue loans in June, worth €12 billion ($17.3 billion).
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