Thousands in Europe Protest Spending Cuts, Rising Unemployment

The World

Across Europe today, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest government spending cuts and rising unemployment.

The biggest protests took place in some of the nations hardest-hit by the financial crisis, like Italy, Greece and Spain.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the World’s Gerry Hadden in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

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