The biggest surprise about the protests in Spain is that it has taken so long to come about. The unemployment rate in the worlds twelfth largest economy sits
stubbornly
at over 20% - the highest in Europe.
But it is unemployment amongst 16 to 29-year-olds, estimated at around 45% that is the greatest cause for concern. Spain’s youth have become disenfranchised and fed up not only with the countries economic predicament but they are now turning
their
protests into a call for political reform, ending the domination of the political system by the two main parties.
The Spanish protesters now view their struggle as part of a wider global call for change, buoyed by the Arab spring and the in
student demonstrations Britain, ongoing riots in
Greece, and the trade union protests across Belgium, France and Italy.
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