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February 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Europe is being wracked by strikes and mass anti-austerity demonstrations ahead of Thursday’s EU summit in Brussels. Thousands took to the streets in Spain, Greece and France to protest against harsh budget cuts.
The largest Greek labor unions have called for a general strike from 12 am till 3 pm local time Wednesday. Public and private sector union protests against wage and pension cuts are taking place in central Athens.
France’s five main unions also agreed to a mass strike and demonstration on Wednesday, part of some 160 protest marches taking place across France this week alone.
Spanish students have held anti-austerity rallies in 40 cities, with the largest demonstrations taking place in Madrid and Barcelona. Riot police reportedly clashed with protesters in Barcelona, while in Madrid the police presence was notably heavier than during previous rallies, RT’s Sarah Firth reports from Spain.
Hundreds of trade union members also gathered in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels demanding policy changes from the summit leaders.
Wednesday’s Europe-wide protests come just one day ahead of a EU summit in Brussels at which the 27-nation body will discuss possible ways out of the severe debt crisis.
Workers take part in a demonstration against austerity measures in Marseille, February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Philippe Laurenson)
Pensioners take part in a protest march against austerity measures in Strasbourg, February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Vincent Kessler)
Workers take part in a demonstration against austerity measures in Marseille, February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Philippe Laurenson)
Students protest against cuts in education in central Madrid February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Andrea Comas)
Students protest against cuts in education in central Madrid February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Andrea Comas)
Students protest against cuts in education in central Madrid February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Andrea Comas)
A demonstrator waves a pirate flag during a protest by workers and trade union representatives from all over Europe against austerity outside Belgium’s national bank (BNB) headquarters in Brussels February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Yves Herman)
A person holds a placard during a protest by workers and trade union representatives from all over Europe against austerity outside Belgium’s national bank (BNB) headquarters in Brussels February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Yves Herman)
Employees of the Workers Housing Organisation stage an anti-austerity protest outside the parliament in Athens February 29, 2012. (Reuters / Yiorgos Karahalis)
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