Thousands of police marched through the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid on Saturday to protest against cutbacks in their salaries.

The General Secrtary of the Sindicato Unificado de Policia, SUP, Jose Maria Sanchez Fornet expressed the anger felt by his members at the current government of Mariano Rajoy and the previous government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Thousands of Greeks protesting against austerity policies rallied in Athens on Saturday to mark a bloody student uprising almost four decades ago against the military junta that ruled the country at the time. The annual protest often becomes a focal point for groups protesting against government policies and comes against a backdrop of rising public anger at a new round of wage and pension cuts approved by parliament this month.