Tear gas was used by Greek police at an anti-austerity protest held by pensioners, during which some of the hundreds of protesters tried to topple a police bus, while others wanted to break riot police lines. The Tsipras government had to make more than one billion euros' worth of pension cuts under the international lenders' bailout conditions. Because of this, Greek pensions have decreased by 25-55 percent, and fresh statistics show that almost half of pensioners now live under the official poverty line.