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Freelancing in Sevilla - protestors march against budget cuts

SPAIN | Monday, 22 October 2012 | Views [379]

Protestors took to the streets in Sevilla on Saturday, October 13, to march against the government’s budget cuts and proposed bailout.

 

Their banner stating ‘we don't owe, we won’t pay’ lead the group of around 500 protestors who shouted slogans as they pounded pots and pans.

 

The protest was just one of many which has taken place around the country this month as Spaniards are growing increasingly frustrated with the tough measures the government has introduced to save the failing economy.

 

Speaking to me as he marched along with the crowd, protestor Rafael Granadoes said “we are against the budget cuts and politics in general”.

 

“We shouldn’t have to pay back a debt that has been created by a few,” Rafael added.

 

Fellow protestor Nori Ortegas also shared her frustration telling me,

 

“They need to stop bailing out the banks and realise that it’s us who are going to have to pay back this debt in the long run,” she said.

 

 

 

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