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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

'Blockupy' protesters in Frankfurt: are you taking part?

Share your stories and photos of the anti-austerity protests and demonstrations taking place at the ECB’s Frankfurt headquartersAn expected 10,000 people are taking part in protests in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday over the opening of new headquarters for the European Central Bank. The protests, arranged under the ‘Blocupy’ banner, chose the opening due to the bank’s role in the implication of austerity policies across the continent, particularly in Greece.“We want the austerity politics to end,” Ulrich Wilken, one of the organisers, told Reuters. “We want a loud but peaceful protest,” he said. Continue reading...


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