Europe Hit by Austerity Protests

Public anger at government spending cuts spills over into strikes and demonstrations across the continent.

Demonstrations and strikes are taking across Europe in protest at deep public-spending cuts being introduced by debt-laden national governments.

Labour leaders from across the continent called workers onto the streets to take part in the largest protest of its kind in more than a decade to oppose so-called austerity measures.

Europe lost millions of jobs during the financial crisis, and more look set to vanish as public sectors across the region are shrunk by governments eager to save money.

Up to 100,000 people were expected to descend on Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the European Union, on Wednesday, with other protests planned in Spain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and Serbia.'

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