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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEuropeans protest austerity at May Day rallies
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/uk-protests-greece-idUKBRE8400CA20120501(Reuters) - Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts in annual May Day rallies on Tuesday, before weekend elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders for austerity.
Unions in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and France are using the traditional marches to express their anger over an austerity drive across the euro zone, aimed at shoring up public finances but criticised for forcing countries deeper into recession.
About 5,000 Greek workers, pensioners and students marched peacefully to parliament in central Athens holding banners reading "Revolt now" and "Tax the rich". Another 1,500 supporting the Communist PAME rallied outside a steel factory.
Greece will vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election that risks derailing the international bailout keeping the country afloat by punishing the parties that backed the package.
"Our message will be stronger on Sunday," said Maria Drakaki, 45, a public sector worker whose salary has been cut.
"There's no way I'm voting for one of the two main parties."
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Europeans protest austerity at May Day rallies (Original Post)
xchrom
May 2012
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ladjf
(17,320 posts)1. That's good. n6
99Forever
(14,524 posts)2. But let's do the same crap to our population they have.
It's worked so well for them.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)3. K&R
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)4. K&R. n/t