About 30,000 people gathered in a large square in the capital Ljubljana to call for an end to the austerity program. The government, struggling to avoid a bailout, cut public sector wages by about 3% in 2012. It plans a further 5% cut in 2013 to bring the budget deficit to 3% of GDP, from 4.2% expected in 2012. The demonstrators demanded the government to create conditions that would ensure the majority of people to have jobs and live a decent life.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/17/us-slovenia-protest ...
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