Austerity plans spark protests in eurozone

Emergency cost cuts by southern European governments seeking to reduce budget deficits and restore their credibility in international debt markets in eary 2010 are arousing the ire of trade unions in Greece, Portugal and Spain.

ESO: Background information: Greece looks at tougher budget cuts http://www.europeansources.info/record/greece-looks-at-tougher-budget-cuts/

ESO: Background information: Spanish economy still stalled in recession http://www.europeansources.info/record/spanish-economy-still-stalled-in-recession/

ESO: Background information: Portugal 'will not' quit the euro http://www.europeansources.info/record/portugal-will-not-quit-the-euro/

BBC News, 23.2.10: Spanish workers protest over government spending cuts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8533244.stm

BBC News, 23.2.10: Clashes in Greece strike against austerity plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8533240.stm

France24, 24.2.10: Police and youth clash at austerity plan protests http://www.france24.com/en/20100224-police-youth-clash-greece-austerity-protests-taxes-debt

Deutsche Welle, 24.2.10: Greeks oppose government plans with violent protests, strikes http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5280460,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 24.2.10: General Strike Shuts Down Greece http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,679988,00.html

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