And worse to come
The worrying social fallout from sharply rising unemployment
TENS of thousands protested in Zaragoza recently. “If this isn't fixed, strike! strike! strike!” they chanted. A city that in 2008 enjoyed the limelight of a World Expo is now one of Spain's most troubled. The protesters show that negative indicators are more than mere numbers. In the country with Europe's highest unemployment rate, jobs have overtaken terrorism as voters' main concern.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “And worse to come”
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