ECB Targeted as Blockupy Protesters Descend on Frankfurt
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Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital and the seat of the European Central Bank, is bracing for as many as 30,000 demonstrators to descend on the city for four days of protests against European leaders’ handling of the sovereign-debt crisis.
Activists have set up camp on the outskirts of the trade fair grounds to the west of the city, awaiting the arrival of busloads of people from all over the country as well as from abroad, according to Blockupy, an international group that is organizing the blockades. The biggest action is planned for May 31, when the demonstrators plan to “visibly disturb the usual business of the ECB as well as other actors of the crisis regime,” Blockupy said in a statement on its website.