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A riot police officer is engulfed by petrol bomb flames in front of parliament during clashes in Athens on November 7, 2012. (Dimitri Messinis/Associated Press)

Police clash with protestors during a demonstration at parliament against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid on September 26, 2012. (Andres Kudacki/Associated Press)

A protestor lies on the ground unconscious after a clash with the police against austerity measures in Madrid on September 25, 2012. (Andres Kudacki/Associated Press)

Protestors react to tear gas in Athens during a demonstration against the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on October 9, 2012. Merkel is an austerity hate figure in Greece whose arrival was greeted by union and opposition party protests. (Aris Messinis/AFP/GettyImages

A riot policeman is engulfed in flames after a protester threw petrol bombs in Athens' Syntagma square during a 24-hour labor strike on September 26, 2012. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

Portuguese military members hold up red cards to protest against the 2013 state budget draft in Lisbon on November 10, 2012.

Protesters surround police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid on September 25, 2012.

Riot police detain a protestor in Athens during a demonstration against the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on October 9, 2012. (Aris Messinis/AFP/GettyImages)

A protester joins a violent demonstration in Syntagma square in central Athens on November 7, 2012. Nearly 100,000 Greeks waving flags and chanting "Fight! They're drinking our blood" packed the square outside parliament as lawmakers neared a vote on unpopular budget cuts and labor reforms that the government was narrowly expected to win.