Mass protest at EU debt crisis talks | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

A mass anti-austerity protest called by unions took to the streets Saturday, as EU ministers cut short talks on the eurozone debt crisis a day after Washington told them to end their bickering.

US Treasury chief Timothy Geithner (R) makes a call as he leaves a meeting of the 17-nation eurozone's finance ministers and central bankers in Wroclaw. European leaders braced Saturday for a second day of talks on the eurozone debt crisis, following a fallout with Washington, with thousands of protesters demanding investment in jobs

With trade unions from across the 27-member European Union aiming to draw tens of thousands of demonstrators to the southwestern Polish city of Wroclaw, police cleared barriers outside the Centennial Hall conference centre.