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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to push through a series of unpopular reforms demanded by the country’s worldwide creditors, while on the streets of Athens anti-austerity protests turned raging as protesters threw firebombs at police.

Europe moved to re-open funding to Greece’s stricken economy on Thursday after the parliament in Athens approved a new bailout program in a fractious vote that left the government without a majority.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras got the reforms through with the help of pro-European opposition parties.

A final count has revealed the Greek parliament agreed to pass tough austerity reforms in a landslide, in news sure to inflame tensions among protesters.

“In this context, the Governing Council decided today to adjust the haircuts on collateral accepted by the Bank of Greece for ELA“.

A man looks at the newspapers at a newsstand in central Athens, Monday, July 6, 2015. Greeks began voting early Sunday in a closely-watched, closely-contested referendum, which the government pits as a choi… He’s reportedly a little more even-handed than his predecessor.