“We have two types of actions in today’s protests, two sides. On the one hand in today’s protest there are Blockupy actions that are within our plan, thousands of people blocking the European Central Bank because of the austerity policy, on the other hand we have the actions that are not within our action plan. That is not what we were preparing for this day. It has to be clearly said!” Slauke Loewe, member of Blockupy team told Sputnik.
Massive violent protests in Frankfurt ahead of the opening ceremony of new #ECB headquarters. #Blockupy pic.twitter.com/XJanFAfFW9
— Laura Schneider (@alauraschneider) 18 Март 2015
The ongoing violent anti-austerity protests organized by the Blockupy left-wing movement in Frankfurt are coming to an end, a member of the activist group told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day the protesters burned police cars and trash bins. They also blocked the bridge over the river Main and a number of streets, causing traffic jams.
Anarchist BBQ in Frankfurt celebrating opening of European Central Bank HQ #Blockupy pic.twitter.com/WtKX6MEEYa
— Kingslayer (@squig_) 18 Март 2015
According to the Blockupy's Twitter, activists hung a banner reading "Capitalism Kills" in front of the new ECB headquarters, as a reported 1,500 people attended the unauthorized march.
Blockupy is a left-wing political group protesting EU austerity policies, particularly those imposed recently on Greece.
