On Thursday, the lawmakers voted for the cuts in the 2013 budget, which slashes spending for health care and education, and reduces pensions among other tough measures, AFP reported.
On Tuesday, Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy's conservative government said the imposition of the austerity measures is necessary for the country to meet its tough deficit targets.
As the lawmakers gathered to pass the next year's budget, angry demonstrators massed near the lower house of parliament to show their opposition to the unpopular austerity plan, which they referred to as “a budget of hunger and misery." .... http://www.presstv.ir
