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Spain's protest movement grows, morphs as cuts bite

(Reuters) - A protest movement against the center-right Spanish government's latest austerity measures swelled on Thursday as public sector workers stepped up demonstrations in Madrid and around the country after more than a week of spontaneous action.

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With parliament, besieged for the last week, voting on a package of 65 billion euros ($79.38 billion) of spending cuts and tax hikes, civil servants stopped traffic and invaded ministries ahead of marches called by trade unions in more than 80 cities on Thursday evening.

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But since Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the austerity steps last week there have been daily demonstrations drawing groups that have previously stayed away.

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On Thursday, policemen and members of the Civil Guard took the unusual step of joining the protests.

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we are preparing a huge march on Madrid, another one, to tell the government to make public reform and provide a more tolerable life, we are not going to tolerate them, what they want is to destroy us all, to destroy the country, we will not stand for this!!

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Huge protests against austerity cuts erupt in Spain

MADRID: Huge protests against crisis pay cuts and tax hikes filled the streets of Spanish cities Thursday evening as workers yelled in anger branding the crisis measures "robbery".

Unions called more than 80 demonstrations across the country, the latest and biggest in an almost daily series of protests this month, with workers yelling in anger at pay cuts and tax hikes.

"Hands up, this is a robbery!" protesters bellowed in Madrid, where a sea of demonstrators crammed the avenues of the city centre.

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"There isn't a shortage of money -- there are too many thieves,"

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