Riot police have ringed the Spanish parliament in Madrid ahead of a planned mass protest against austerity tagged “Occupy Congress”
Spanish Congress Awaits Citizen Protests
Riot police have ringed the Spanish parliament in Madrid ahead of a planned mass protest against austerity tagged “Occupy Congress”.
Metal barriers have been placed around the building to block access from every possible direction, correspondents say.
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Indignants, as the protesters are known, say they are protesting at the “kidnapping” of democracy.
Spain’s new conservative government has been cutting pay and raising sales tax in an effort to reduce debt.
There is real concern in Europe that Spain may need an international bailout going beyond the 100bn euros (£80bn; $125bn) pledged by eurozone finance ministers in June to rescue its banks.
via BBC
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Comment by truth on September 25, 2012 at 1:34pm
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(Reuters) - Spain will announce another round of unpopular austerity measures in a 2013 budget on Thursday, already prompting protests from a public battered by attempts to put the country's finances in order.
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