Frankfurt braces for anti-austerity demos as ECB opens new HQ

The European Central Bank was scheduled to inaugurate its news headquarters on 18 March 2015, amid plans for simultaneous anti-austerity protests which might bring to Frankfurt over 10,000 people.

Given the anticipated protests, the central bank decided to keep the celebrations relatively low key with only a modest number of invited guests.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: New headquarters to clear €1bn, ECB admits http://www.europeansources.info/record/new-headquarters-to-clear-e1bn-ecb-admits/

BBC News, 18.03.15: Germany riot targets new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31938592

ECB: Press Release, 18.03.15: ECB marks official inauguration of its new premises https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2015/html/pr150318.en.html

ECB: New premises http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/premises/html/index.en.html

Deutsche Welle, 18.03.15: Violence as ECB protest begins in Frankfurt http://dw.de/p/1EsQ8

EUObserver, 18.03.15: Thousands protest outside ECB's new headquarters https://euobserver.com/political/128047

EurActiv, 19.03.15: Anti-austerity violence mars opening of ECB's new HQ www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/anti-austerity-violence-mars-opening-ecbs-new-hq-313046

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