Crowds of up to 100,000 march against austerity in Spain
People fill Madrid's landmark Puerta del Sol as they gather at a rally called by Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos (We Can). Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday in the biggest show of support yet for Podemos, whose surging popularity and policies have drawn comparisons with Greece's new Syriza rulers (REUTERS/Sergio Perez)
Up to 100,000 people marched in Madrid yesterday in the biggest show of support yet for Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos, whose policies and surging pre-election popularity have drawn comparisons with Greece’s new Syriza rulers.
Police said at least 100,000 people participated in the march while Podemos put the figure at 300,000. Podemos (“We Can”) aims to shatter the country’s predominantly two-party system and the “March for Change” gathered crowds in the same place where sit-in protests against political and financial corruption laid the party’s foundations in 2011.
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