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Major European Left-Wing Parties to Take Part in New Frankfurt Protests

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More anti-austerity protests are set to follow the Blockupy activist group's clashes with police Wednesday morning outside the new ECB building in Frankfurt.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A new mass rally against the austerity policies of the European Central Bank (ECB) will take place in downtown Frankfurt later on Wednesday, a Greek politician, who is currently in the German city, told Sputnik.

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Somewhere from hundreds to thousands people, according to various sources, gathered in Frankfurt to protest against EU austerity policies. The protesters tried to disrupt the opening of the new $1-billion ECB office headquarters in the city.

Members of Europe's major left-wing political parties, including Spain's Podemos and Greece's Syriza, are set to take part in fresh anti-austerity rallies in the German city of Frankfurt, one of the organizers told Sputnik Wednesday.

"There is almost every member from any European left party: Podemos, Esquerda Unida, SYRIZA, Die Linke, some Greek MP from the UK. We have dozens of delegations," Stelios Foteinopoulos, from the Greek ruling Syriza party, said.

"There is the massive main demonstration at five o'clock [16:00 GMT] starting from the Central Plaza of Frankfurt. We expect a big amount of determined people. We are planning a peaceful demonstration and the clear message will be a political message to the European political elite that people have to united against this neo-liberal policy", SYRIZA party member said.

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Blockupy has called for more rallies to be held at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time (13:00 and 16:00 GMT respectively) near the Roemer historical landmark in central Frankfurt, according to the group's statement, posted on Facebook.

Blockupy is a left-wing political group protesting EU austerity policies, particularly those imposed recently on Greece.

Earlier, Frankfurt police told RIA Novosti more than 80 officers had been injured and some 350 protesters had been arrested during the morning clashes.

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