Spanje: massale demonstraties tegen “besparingen”
In 80 Spaanse steden is er betoogd tegen besparingsplannen van de regering. Vooral in Madrid kwamen mensen massaal op straat.
De Spaanse vakbonden hadden een oproep gelanceerd om donderdag te betogen in tachtig Spaanse steden tegen de nieuwe besparingsplannen van de regering, met onder meer een verhoging van de btw en verlagingen van de werkloosheidsuitkeringen en lonen in de publieke sector.
65 miljard besparen
Het plan van de conservatieve regering van Mariano Rjoy, dat op 11 juli werd aangekondigd om in te gaan op de eisen van de EU, voorziet 65 miljard euro aan besparingen tot 2014.
"We kunnen niets anders doen dan op straat komen.
Ik ben tussen 10 en 15 procent van mijn salaris verloren de voorbije vier jaar.
De nieuwe maatregelen zullen de crisis niet oplossen", aldus Sara Alvera, 51 jaar en ambtenaar.
Spanje: massale demonstraties tegen besparingen
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In the following weeks the situation is bound to become critical. The situation has reached a turning point, as several different struggles are converging in pursuit of the same goal. The common enemy — the austerity dictatorship of the Conservative government, the neoliberal EU technocracy, and the powerful financial sector — is now very clear-cut.
In a very significant declaration last Tuesday, the AUME (Unified Association of the Spanish Military) announced that it will support future popular protests, as a response to the reduction of their retributions and rights. Secretary General Mariano Casado, told the Público newspaper that AUME “might even contemplate calling for specific protests” involving all of its current members if the Ministry of Defense does not step back.
On Saturday, the 15-M movement is organizing another series of marches that will be arriving in Madrid from around the country. This time the key actors are not the miners, but another key constituency that has been heavily hit by Spain’s social and economic crisis: the unemployed. As activists have emphatically repeated, “if we get every unemployed Spaniard on the streets we would be millions.” The first attempt starts this Saturday, #21J. A general strike is projected for the 25th of September.
With these different social struggles converging and popular resistance exploding into the streets and squares, Spain appears to be up for a wild ride in the weeks and months ahead.