Civil servant Madrid march halted by police
Firefighters, police in plainclothes and civil servants have attempted to march on the Spanish parliament in a protest over austerity measures, only to find the way blocked by police in riot gear.
Officers got involved in shoving matches with demonstrators in Madrid who numbered more than 1,000 in the latest in a series of demonstrations against deficit-cutting reforms announced last week by prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government.
