The Telegraph - May 1 labor day: Riots in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Spain and Turkey fueled by economic crisis - by Henry Samuel

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May 1 labor day: Riots in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Spain and Turkey fueled by economic crisis - by Henry Samuel

Police in Berlin arrested 57 people while around 50 officers were hurt as young demonstrators threw bottles and rocks and set fire to cars and rubbish bins. There were also clashes in Hamburg, where anti-capitalist protesters attacked a bank. In Turkey, masked protesters threw stones and petrol bombs at police, smashing banks and supermarket windows in its biggest city, Istanbul. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of rioters and more than a hundred were arrested with dozens more hurt. There were also scattered skirmishes with police in the capital, Ankara, where 150,000 people marched.In Greece, officers fired flash grenades to disperse rioters in Athens after attacks on banks and traffic cameras. Transport strikes disrupted bus, train and ferry services as well as flights by Greek carrier Olympic Airlines. Twenty people were injured and five arrested after police clashed with demonstrators at a traditional labor day rally in Linz in northern Austria. In France, unions joined forces for the first time since the Second World War, but turnout was not as high as a protest day in March. There were also marches in big cities in Spain, burdened with the highest unemployment rate in Europe. More than 10,000 people gathered in the center of Madrid in a demonstration organized by the country's two largest trade unions.