This week’s Love Speaking magazine features an article about the recent strikes across Europe. They are tired of having no jobs, of losing their homes and having to live on the breadline. They blame the banks for the current economic crisis and don’t see why they should have to pay the price while the banks receive government aid funded through public money. Read the rest of this extract below:
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On the 14th of November, many transport services and factories were disrupted and thousands of people marched into city squares in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Athens and Rome.
Iberia, Spain’s national airline and Vueling, the country’s low-budget carrier cancelled up to 600 flights. In Portugal, the country’s flagship carrier, TAP, cancelled 45 percent of its flights.
Likewise only 20 percent of Spain’s long distance trains and a third of its commuter trains were running on Wednesday. The Metro was completely shut down in Lisbon and 10 percent of long distance trains were in service but only after a court order forced them to do so.
blackmail (v.) = to force money from someone illegally = chantajear
to sacrifice (v.) = to give something up with great difficulty = sacrificar
debt reduction (n.) = to decrease in money owed = reducción de la deuda
disrupt (v.) = to cause a disruption / to interrupt = interrumpir
flagship (adj.) = important = principal
a court order (n.) = an order that forces people to do something by law = orden judicial
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