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Jan. 7: Altergodzina student strikes in Spain

hear in today's broadcast interview with Natalia Kowbasiuk, resident in Spain, the editor of "Altergodziny.

since 20 November last strike at the largest universities in Spain: Barcelona (Central University and the Autonomous University), Madrid (Complutense University), Valencia, Seville, and from December 1 in Malaga. Against the so-called. "Bolońskiemu plan", which passed in 1999, EU policy, assuming uniform system of higher education in member countries and "integrate" it with the market requirements of both students and protesting students and workers /-fever of the university (faculty /-deed, the researchers /-deed, interns /-particles). Amendments to be introduced at universities in Spain, among others assume raising tuition fees (currently already very high, around 800 per year), reducing the number of lectures (some departments have decided to eliminate the teaching of compulsory subjects, leaving only the fee-exams), compulsory attendance, less choice of classes, increased bureaucracy, cuts in public funding.

main building of the Central University of Barcelona in two weeks is occupied by approximately 200 people. Every day is organized Alternate University, during which you can find out such More on the European Higher Education Area (Bologna commonly called the plan). Meetings are conducted by both the student / s, and faculty /-action. At other universities, individual departments are occupied. At the University of Seville in fear of the actions of protesters, the authorities closed the university rector's office and the building of the university.

According to an online survey conducted by the English daily "La Vanguardia", among 3,406 voters 53 percent support the occupation of the university, 45 are against it.

protest is indefinite. The strikers are demanding the suspension of activities primarily associated with the plan Bologna, the opening of negotiations between all stakeholders, as well as preventing the repression of student protesters /-tek.

Broadcast leads Catherine Gawlicz.