Frankfurt braces for protests as ECB opens new HQ
As many as 10,000 people from around Europe are expected to show up to join anti-austerity demonstration
Frankfurt
WHEN the European Central Bank (ECB) officially inaugurates its new headquarters in Frankfurt on Wednesday, as many as 10,000 people from around Europe are expected to show up to join an anti-austerity demonstration.
Organisers say that protesters will converge on Germany's financial capital to march against austerity policies which the ECB - as part of the much-hated "troika" of creditors - helps to oversee in return for bailout money for crisis-hit eurozone countries.
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