Spain lawmakers reject amendments to 2013 budget as protest looms

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Press TV - 10/25/12

Spain's legislators have rejected all amendments to the 2013 budget plan, as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in Madrid to protest against the government’s austerity measures.

The Spanish government has been criticized for austerity measures that target the middle and working classes the hardest.

The Spanish government has been criticized for austerity measures that target the middle and working classes the hardest.
 
Spain's lower parliamentary house rejected on Wednesday all 11 amendments to the 2013 budget draft, as protesters met with police opposition in front of parliament in the country's capital Madrid.

This comes as hundreds of university students and staff took to the streets on Tuesday in an anti-austerity demonstration against education cuts.

 

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