In Germany, May 1 falls on the eve of the first series of warning strikes in the metal industry for 6,5% wage increase and the end of discrimination against agency workers. Same thing in Morocco where workers will march for freedom of association and against attacks on the right to strike, or, two days after May 1st, there is talk of the start of a strike in the public service.

In Spain, le 1er Mai 2012 is part of the general strike of the 29 mars, against the new labor law which facilitates dismissals, unemployment and austerity measures. In Czech republic, more than 80.000 people demonstrated the 21 April in Prague against austerity measures. Struggles against budget cuts in Britain in fight to preserve the index in Belgium, without forgetting the revolts of the Greek population, it's the same slogan that crosses Europe and beyond the world : we refuse to pay the crisis and the debts of the capitalists.

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