FRANKFURT (Sputnik) — The ongoing violent Blockupy protests in Frankfurt will not affect the opening of the new $1-billion European Central Bank (ECB) office headquarters in the city, the Bank’s spokesman told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Massive violent protests in Frankfurt ahead of the opening ceremony of new #ECB headquarters. #Blockupy pic.twitter.com/XJanFAfFW9
— Laura Schneider (@alauraschneider) 18 Март 2015
“The ECB is fully operational and the inauguration event today is taking place as planned” Ronan Sheridan, Principal Press Officer of the ECB Directorate General Communications & Language Services, said.
Earlier, a Blockupy spokeswoman told RIA Novosti that at least 300 protesters had broken through a police cordon around ECB's new high-rise headquarters in downtown Frankfurt.
#Frankfurt #18M #Blockupy — 10:34 pic.twitter.com/MtIOuJBjo4
— Thomas Occupy (@ThomasOccupy) 18 Март 2015
Blockupy is a left-wing political group protesting EU austerity policies, particularly those imposed recently on Greece.
