Protesters take part in a demonstration with a banner that reads
Protesters take part in a demonstration with a banner that reads "System Error", responding to an initiative launched by the group "Real Democracy Now" on the Internet, in Madrid on May 17, 2011, to protest against professional and social conditions of the youth in Spain. Spain's unemployment rate for those under 25 stood at 43.5 percent in February, more than twice the average for the country and the highest youth unemployment rate in the 27-nation European Union. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET © AFP | AFP
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration responding to an initiative launched by the group
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration responding to an initiative launched by the group "Real Democracy Now" on the Internet, in Madrid on May 17, 2011, to protest against professional and social conditions of the youth in Spain. Spain's unemployment rate for those under 25 stood at 43.5 percent in February, more than twice the average for the country and the highest youth unemployment rate in the 27-nation European Union. Placard reads "Zapatero fails and oppresses us." AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET © AFP | AFP
Leader of the opposition party Partido Popular (PP), Mariano Rajoy attends a political meeting on May 17, 2011 in Valencia, ahead of the municipal elections to be held on May 22, 201. AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN
Leader of the opposition party Partido Popular (PP), Mariano Rajoy attends a political meeting on May 17, 2011 in Valencia, ahead of the municipal elections to be held on May 22, 201. AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN © AFP | AFP
View of tents set up by protesters at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 19, 2011 during a protest against Spain's economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate. Several thousand protesters angry over Spain's economic crisis and soaring jobless rate defied a ban by Madrid authorities and pressed with demonstrations ahead of weekend local elections. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET
View of tents set up by protesters at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 19, 2011 during a protest against Spain's economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate. Several thousand protesters angry over Spain's economic crisis and soaring jobless rate defied a ban by Madrid authorities and pressed with demonstrations ahead of weekend local elections. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET © AFP | AFP
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY OLIVIER THIBAULT "Elections au Pays basque: Bildu à la pêche au vote radical à Bermeo" Basque pro-independence political coalition Bildu (to meet in Basque) candidate for mayor of the Northern Spanish Basque village of Bermeo, Idurre Bideguren (R) stands on the stage as an unidentified woman (L) shouts an irrintzi (a Basque traditional celebration shout), next to Bildu's symbol, a ball pf wool , during a political meeting, on May 17, 2011, in Bermeo. Spain's Constitutional Court reversed on May 6, 2011 a Supreme Court decision and authorized Basque pro-independence coalition Bildu to stand in the local elections. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS © AFP | AFP
Protester vote during a general assembly organized during a protest against Spain's economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 19, 2011, defying Madrid authorities' refusal to grant a protest permit and refusing to budge before regional and municipal elections. Young people camped in main squares across Spain in the largest spontaneous protests since the country plunged into recession after the collapse of a property bubble in 2008. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET
Protester vote during a general assembly organized during a protest against Spain's economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 19, 2011, defying Madrid authorities' refusal to grant a protest permit and refusing to budge before regional and municipal elections. Young people camped in main squares across Spain in the largest spontaneous protests since the country plunged into recession after the collapse of a property bubble in 2008. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET © AFP | AFP