Huge protests erupt across Spain against €65bn austerity cuts

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Huge protests erupt across Spain against €65bn austerity cuts

July 20th, 2012

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TheJournal.ie
19 July 2012

HUGE PROTESTS against crisis pay cuts and tax hikes filled the streets of Spanish cities this evening, as workers yelled in anger branding the crisis measures “robbery”.

Unions called more than 80 demonstrations across the country, the latest and biggest in an almost daily series of protests this month.

“Hands up, this is a robbery!” protesters bellowed in Madrid, where a sea of demonstrators crammed the avenues of the city centre.

A sustained string of protests erupted after prime minister Mariano Rajoy last week announced the new measures, aiming to save €65 billion in order to slash the public deficit.

Among the steps is a cut to the Christmas bonus paid to civil servants, equivalent to a seven-per-cent reduction in annual pay. This came on top of a pay cut in 2010, which was followed by a salary freeze.

“There’s nothing we can do but take to the street. We have lost between 10 and 15 per cent of our pay in the past four years,” said Sara Alvera, 51, a worker in the justice sector, demonstrating in Madrid.