Euro nations protest have little effect

Workers in Greece, Spain and Portugal protested in coordinated strikes against budget cuts encouraged by the European Union.  Organizers said this was the widest, union-led challenge to euro crisis austerity measures since it began in 2008.  The demonstration in Madrid, in particular, took a violent turn when police charged with billy clubs even as large factories shut down production in Spain.  Are they effective?  Not really, say analysts.  After four years of economic woes, the leaders of the countries have grown used to these protests.


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