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Protesters are detained by riot police during a demonstration against police brutality and educational cuts in Valencia February 20, 2012. Heino Kalis/Reuters
Sergi, 20, shouts slogans against the government's recently approved labor reforms during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, Friday Feb. 19, 2012. Marches organized by the country's main trade unions are taking place throughout Spain. Emilio Morenatti/AP
Protesters shout slogans against police brutality, a day after riot police clashed with students at a protest in Valencia, at Madrid's Puerta del Sol square February 21, 2012. The placards read " Freedom of expression". Juan Medina/Reuters
Students staged protests in Glasgow, Scotland and elsewhere across Britain in November 2010 to protest government plans to almost triple tuition fees. David Moir/Reuters
Protesters in front of Spain ’s labor ministry in Madrid in June, 2011. Andrea Comas/Reuters
Mamadou Niong (sitting, c.) is an organizer of protests in Madrid that began in May, 2011. Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
Demonstrators near the Spanish parliament stand with their mouths taped shut, signaling what they believe is authorities’ unfair muzzling of their right to speak out. Paul White/AP
A young couple embrace in Puerta del Sol, the main square in Madrid that has been a polestar of protest in Europe. Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
A young couple strolls through Puerto del Sol, Madrid’s main square, in May 2011, where protesters have rallied against joblessness and austerity measures. Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
Marie Sangil (l.) and Lys Diep chat in front of a military college in Paris. Ms. Sangil, a law student, says, ‘We don’t have a great future.’ Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
Youths skateboard near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
Alex Paio makes a living playing guitar on the Paris Metro, but says if the economy of Europe falls, he knows who’s to blame: Europeans themselves. Monique Jaques/Special to the Christian Science Monitor
A demonstrator walks by a police vehicle set on fire during protests in Rome that turned violent in October of 2011 Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
University students in Athens raise their hands in a rally against a law reducing the power of student political unions on campuses in September of 2011. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
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Spaniards initially accepted aggressive austerity as necessary, but tens of thousands are now turning out in the streets to protest measures they say have gone too far.
After four days of daily protests, some violently dispersed, Spain is bracing for a cycle of social unrest against the harshest austerity measures in decades. At stake is not only Spain’s economic recovery, but that of the European Union.
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