• A group of riot policeman is engulfed in flames after protesters threw petrol bombs in Athens' Syntagma Square during a 24-hour labor strike September 26, 2012. REUTERS/YannisBehrakis
    Europe faces austerity

    European governments continue to cut spending to try to get debt under control. After a summer lull, protest against cuts gains pace in southern Europe. By October in Madrid, there are six demonstrations a day. Elsewhere, a lack of protest is noticeable.

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  • Europe faces austerity
    The euro zone debt crisis spread from the periphery to the core in 2011, as austerity and social unrest grew and governments fell. With Europe now looking to move towards closer to fiscal union, analysts say 2012 will be make or break for the currency bloc. Joanna Partridge reports.
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    Pensioners Carmen Ruiz (R), 82, and her husband Francisco Arias, 83, cry as they listen to a speech during a protest against further tax hikes and austerity cuts in Malaga, southern Spain October 7, 2012. The demonstration comes only days after Spain's central bank chief undercut the government's proposed 2013 budget. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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    Violence erupts in Greece before austerity vote Rocks, molotov cocktails and tear gas flew through the air as protesters and police clashed in the streets of Athens, Greece. The violence erupted at the start of a 48-hour general strike against new austerity measures imposed by eurozone finance ministers that would further cut jobs and pay.
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    People watching a Corpus Christi procession during Corpus Christi day, argue with a demonstrator (L) as he tries to blow a horn during a protest against Spain's bailout at La Constitucion square in Malaga, southern Spain, June 10, 2012. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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    Women embrace on a street of Mouraria neighbourhood in Lisbon December 3, 2012. Euro zone finance ministers will discuss the terms of the Greek debt buy-back at a meeting in Brussels on Monday and review a Cypriot bailout, though no decision on Cyprus is expected to be taken. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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