Madrid protests austerity despite minimum wage increase

[webfact]

Madrid protests austerity despite minimum wage increase

 

 

MADRID: -- Protests in Madrid against austerity measures in Spain highlighted the public’s anger at their government’s attempts to balance the books.

 

With orders from Brussels to resolve the country’s economic crisis, Mariano Rajoy’s government imposed public spending cuts for close to seven years, and with the Spanish recession still ongoing, citizens are becoming increasingly irate.

 

Inagi Lopez, an 18-year-old protester, lamented the lack of “certainty” for young people, saying: “We have a duty to protest, because this country is turning into something worthless.”

 

“We have to demand our rights, and to have something that guarantees our dignity in the future,’‘ he continued.

 

Despite the government’s approval of an eight percent increase in minimum wage, after seven years of austerity, much of the Spanish public are still discontent.

 

Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro said the rise from €764.4 to €825.5 per month – approved at a weekly cabinet meeting – was “negotiated with other political groups”.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-05

[Retiredandhappyhere]

Sounds a bit similar to the situation in Greece?  Where is the prosperity we are all supposed to be enjoying under the EU banner?

[williamgeorgeallen]

they seem to be more motivated to protest than they are motivated to pay tax. both greece and spain have similar problems. too many government employees, hardly anyone paying their fair share of tax, and the EU and others loaning them too much money.

[elgordo38]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Protests in Madrid against austerity measures in Spain highlighted the public’s anger at their government’s attempts to balance the books.

Always done on the backs of workers. 

[Asiantravel]

not much sign of austerity here
 

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Richard Ashworth and Sajjad Karim both claimed over £150,000 in travel expenses and the same again for subsistence, among other entitlements, prompting concern about the amount of money available to EU politicians. 

 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/two-meps-took-home-over-1million-each-in-salary-and-expenses-pay/

[thai3]

That's the trouble with Socialism and the EU, eventually they run out o spending other peoples cash.

[dick dasterdly]

55 minutes ago, thai3 said:

That's the trouble with Socialism and the EU, eventually they run out o spending other peoples cash.

Or perhaps (and I'll be the first to admit that I don't know!) the Spanish socialists think the socialist government has been looking after the wealthy rather than those they are supposed to represent?

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, Asiantravel said:

not much sign of austerity here
 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/two-meps-took-home-over-1million-each-in-salary-and-expenses-pay/

Its way past concerned we are at Devcon 2 the alarmed state. 

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, thai3 said:

That's the trouble with Socialism and the EU, eventually they run out o spending other peoples cash.

Yeah that will happen when 1% of the population control 90% of the wealth. We are the working poor working for the filthy rich that have no wish to share the wealth. I get your point. 

[elgordo38]

If your following the news it open season on workers world wide. Koreans are hitting the bricks in the 100's thousands because Park was in the hip pocket of the Chaebols the elite businesses that operate and control South Korea. The likes of Lotte, Samsung and Hatachi are having their offices raided looking for proof of complicity. Anybody want to work here for 300 bahts a day hands up? They are hitting the bricks in Mayalasia to and that wily old fox Najib is trying to deflect their anger by taking up the Royhinga cudgel. He was going to call a snap election to put his complicity in the 1MBD scandal behind him but he got a "feeling" that the stars were not in alignment to call a vote yeah sure. Cambodia has passed new tough anti labor laws, the new guy on the block in France who wants to be PM wants to lay off 5 million yes million civil servants expand the work week from 35 hours and of course take nothing from the rich and it goes on and on. You could include Trump and Trudeau in the mix as well. The EU is poo pooing the election in Italy and of course the hype fueled stock market is up up and way till its wings ice up. It was an interlinked world but the links are breaking.