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Madrid (AFP) – Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets across Spain on Saturday in protest at the soaring cost of food, light and fuel, which have been exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The rallies, which took place in Spain's main cities, were called by the far-right Vox party which sought to tap into growing social discontent over the spiralling cost of living that has left many families struggling to pay their bills.

Outside City Hall in Madrid, a crowd of several thousand people gathered, waving hundreds of Spanish flags and chanting angry slogans calling for the resignation of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

"Sanchez, you're rubbish, bring down our bills!" they shouted, between patriotic cries of "Long live Spain!" at a rally demanding government action to lower prices.

"We have the worst possible government.. It's not even a government, it's a misery factory... which plunders and extorts workers through abusive taxes," Vox leader Santiago Abascal told the rally to rousing cheers.

"We will not leave the streets until this illegitimate government is expelled."

This government "is taking everything from us", said Anabel, a 56-year-old demonstrator who didn't give her surname.

"They hike the light and gas prices and say it's because of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, but that's a lie. It was like this before," she told AFP.

"Light prices really affect (my family) because some of us work from home, and we can hardly put the heating on because the price of gas has almost doubled over the past six months."

'ABANDONING THE PEOPLE

Many said government should be lowering taxes to help those struggling.

Many are angry at the government for not taking more decisive action to lower prices Many are angry at the government for not taking more decisive action to lower prices.

"A country that raises prices in this way and doesn't help its citizens by partially lowering taxes, is abandoning its people," said Francisco, 53, unemployed and didn't give his family name.

"We have to force the government to act -- or remove them, for Spain's sake."

Last year, energy prices soared by 72 percent in Spain, one of the highest increases within the European Union, and costs have surged even higher since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a crisis that comes hot on the heels of the pandemic.

On Monday, Spanish lorry drivers declared an open-ended strike over fuel prices which soon mushroomed into multiple roadblocks and protests, triggering supply chain problems.

Rising prices have also prompted the UGT and the CCOO, Spain's two biggest unions, to call a national strike on March 23.

The government has pledged to take steps reduce cost of energy and fuel, but will only lay out its plans on March 29.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is currently on a European tour to lobby for a common EU response to soaring energy prices

Madrid has for months urged its European partners to change the mechanism which couples electricity prices to the gas market, but its pleas have so far fallen on deaf ears, despite from Paris.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/thousands-protest-over-soaring-prices-across-spain

Small small the sweet go reach everybody.

Soo is nor only here self!?.

Here in Nigeria once you complain, they will call you IPOB or say you want to bring down Buhari government

No it’s not. Rising energy costs affects everything everywhere.

cherishmichael:
Soo is nor only here self!?.

In my neck of the woods, dem give us docility vaccines upon birth in the guise of immunization...

Instead of PDP to live up to it's toga as an opposition party for once by taking advantage of everything wrong with this evil ruling party and istration to mobilise citizens for a mother of all rallies, Wike the money miss road will seat there grunting and snoring like a bulldog cross-bred with a pig.

Nonsense people.

It's hitting back

Una never see something.
Na only mumu dey throw stone for market.
Joe Biden is already seen as a Dullard in America, He should pray this doesn't get to the U.S.
That pit your enemy dig for you, may they fall into it.

Of course. Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe for a good reason. Russian forces invading & bombing Ukraine and it's farmlands will sure bring increment in food cost.

Common sense 101

Na Sanction and Sapa Bien Merci (Sapa no dey show mercy)

Comments Çava?
(How Are You?)
Sapa Bien Merci
(Sapa Not Showing Mercy)

gambojimeta:
Of course. Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe for a good reason. Russian forces invading & bombing Ukraine and it's farmlands will sure bring increment in food cost.

Common sense 101

Russia is not bombing Ukraine farmland. They carefully avoided it. Get your facts right.

Australians are currently in front of their PM house protesting also.

They haven't seen anything yet. I told them that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if she haven't figured out a way to deal with US sanctions.

I warned that at the end, the poor will end up eating the rich in the Western devilish countries and they thought I was joking. Now they are battling a little hunger. Its not yet serious.

By the time the hunger reaches stage two, they will be forced to consider importing wheat in Rubles and Yuan.

Welcome to the new world order. The fall of Dollar and the American Empire.

"They hike the light and gas
prices and say it's because of
(Russian President Vladimir)
Putin, but that's a lie. It was like
this before,"

Many of these prorussian Africans don't read!!

Last year, energy prices soared
by 72 percent in Spain, one of the
highest increases within the
European Union, and costs have
surged even higher since Russia's
invasion of Ukraine in a crisis that
comes hot on the heels of the
pandemic.

Was the war also the reason for last year increment?

All these bear parlor pro Russian analysts that are comfortably paying for high cost of petrol in Nigeria.

This people never even see half of the suffering in that Nigeria and are already protesting...




.... meanwhile the poverty capital of the world, it's people are suffering, silent and smiling.

"No be juju be that! "

cherishmichael:
Soo is nor only here self!?.

Oga, Nigerians has been suffering hardship, hunger, fuel scarcity even b4 the war.

rottennaija:


Russia is not bombing Ukraine farmland. They carefully avoided it. Get your facts right.

Yeah right, they avoided it by dropping mines on it. Who would go to farms with mines dropped on it.

BKayy:
They haven't seen anything yet. I told them that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if she haven't figured out a way to deal with US sanctions.

I warned that at the end, the poor will end up eating the rich in the Western devilish countries and they thought I was joking. Now they are battling a little hunger. Its not yet serious.

By the time the hunger reaches stage two, they will be forced to consider importing wheat in Rubles and Yuan.

Welcome to the new world order. The fall of Dollar and the American Empire.

America, Canada, would ramp up wheat production. I am sure they spend dollars in North America and Euro in the EU not worthless rubles or yuan.

The rich nations would get richer and would be able to afford food, and the poor ones especially in Africa would get poorer and starve.

Say bye bye to noodles, spaghetti, semolina e.t.c. except you can afford the high price.

But trust the political leaders to beg for aid from Western countries and loans from China.

USA has been Fucking up the EU for a long time. They did something similar to Australia recently. They led them to an economic stare down with China and abandoned them

FoolishBoy419:
USA has been Fucking up the EU for a long time. They did something similar to Australia recently. They led them to an economic stare down with China and abandoned them

Yeah! and then China sanctioned Aussie.

gambojimeta:

Yeah right, they avoided it by dropping mines on it. Who would go to farms with mines dropped on it.

Let me guess, from your western sources?

rottennaija:


Let me guess, from your western sources?

Tell that to the OP that post from a western source

9gerian:
No it’s not. Rising energy costs affects everything everywhere.

3 bedroom gas and electricity bills which used to be €250 is now €600 now.
The EU government now plan to pay people for the expensive gas bill this month

gambojimeta:
Of course. Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe for a good reason. Russian forces invading & bombing Ukraine and it's farmlands will sure bring increment in food cost.

Common sense 101

Ever since when the Soviet collapse the Ukraine and Russia are neck and neck in agricultural outputs to the world in general

The world should brace up, what's happening in Russia-Ukraine would result in a global financial crises,,,,the result is what we are gradually seeing,instead of all this unnecessary sanctions here and there, Europeans leaders should call both parties(Russia and Ukraine)
and dialogue, negotiate. USA that keep dictating for you guys is in far a way america not europe, as the war the escalate small small nah Britain,Poland Romania still the face refugee problem

Hold America responsible for this shit

U.S, Spain, U.K, Australia..

It's funny people thought Sanctions will only affect Russia.

Mere increase of food and feul prices, people over there are already protesting, but here in Nigeria, the cost of living have become unbearable and increasing even more still nothing is done, a country of more than 170 million people can't do nothing. Nigerians are fools.
How can a country with these much population be led by a fool, and if another fool will lead Nigerians again, then it simply means that Nigerians are destined to be fools and stupid. After all this years of constant suffering and backwardness.... Smh

It's now hitting down on them

Make dem come naija things cheap for here

I don't understand why Nigerians are not protesting on

High Gas
High cost of foods
Lack of power
0 security
Corruption
Minimum wage


Is it that an average Nigerian hav been programmed to accept suffering as part of life??

Why do we neglect the power we have to change things?

They are the government
We are the Citizens...we hav population to freeze seize all power in the government...


Se na like dis we go dey dey?