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Demonstrators hold placards and flags of the Second Spanish Republic as they take part in a protest against the government’s austerity measures in Madrid on November 23, 2013. Thousands of people took part in a protest called by Spanish Unions and various citizens’ organisations as part of a European day against strict austerity policies, two years after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy took over as head of government. AFP PHOTO / GERARD JULIEN