Anti-austerity protests fall flat in much of Europe
<p><span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="angry">angry</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="austerity">austerity</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="clashed">clashed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Barcelona">Barcelona</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="containers">containers</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="officers">officers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="riot">riot</span> <span word="gear">gear</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="second">second</span>-<span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unspecified">unspecified</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="arrests">arrests</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="broken">broken</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="striking">striking</span> <span word="students">students</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="containers">containers</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="car">car</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="smashed">smashed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="window">window</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Barcelona">Barcelona</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="refuge">refuge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plaza">plaza</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campus">campus</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="peacefully">peacefully</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rallies">rallies</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span> <span word="endures">endures</span> <span word="austerity">austerity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prospect">prospect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recession">recession</span>.</p><p><span word="Pan">Pan</span>-<span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="protest">protest</span></p><p><span word="Several">Several</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="austerity">austerity</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eve">eve</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="EU">EU</span> <span word="summit">summit</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="flat">flat</span>.</p><p><span word="Disruption">Disruption</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="demonstrations">demonstrations</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="unions">unions</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gain">gain</span> <span word="momentum">momentum</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="protested">protested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="some">some</span> 450 <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Justus">Justus</span> <span word="Lipsius">Lipsius</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Brussels">Brussels</span>, <span word="where">where</span></p><p><span word="European">European</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="fiscal">fiscal</span> <span word="treaty">treaty</span>" <span word="committing">committing</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="balanced">balanced</span> <span word="budgets">budgets</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span>, <span word="some">some</span> 9,000 <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="marched">marched</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Bastille">Bastille</span> <span word="Square">Square</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="banner">banner</span> "<span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="enough">enough</span>" <span word="to">to</span> <span word="condemn">condemn</span> <span word="belt">belt</span>-<span word="tightening">tightening</span> <span word="measures">measures</span>.</p>
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