Mass protests, involving mainly young people, began in Spain on May 15. Thousands of people broke camp sites in the central squares of Spanish cities. The three main requirements of protesters: the creation of jobs, the housing problem and reform the electoral law. Sunday protest was held under the slogan "It's not a crisis – a system of» (No es una crisis, es el sistema). Those wishing to express their discontent with the system began to flock to Madrid on Saturday. In the delivery of the demonstrators were involved in 30 buses, thousands of people came to the capital of the kingdom on foot. According to the newspaper Mundo, the Madrid rally attended by about 50 residents of various localities. Among the demonstrators held banners with the central streets of Madrid, were young people, there were many, and families with children. According to local media, the action, though crowded, was held peacefully. No clashes with the police was not recorded. Single incident mentioned by the Spanish newspaper, occurred on a Sunday afternoon in the square of Cybele (plaza de Cibeles), where a group of a hundred people for 20 minutes blocked the traffic. However, police intervention was required – the protesters themselves have decided to break up and traffic was restored. Organizer of protests in Spain is a social movement, "Real Democracy NOW!» (Democracia Real YA!), Emerged on the Internet earlier this year in the wake of the expectations of the changing socio-economic policy to combat the economic crisis. In the Spanish media youth protest movement called the "Movement of May 15» (Movimiento 15-M), since that day have passed the first mass demonstrations. The main reason for dissatisfaction with young people – high unemployment in Spain. According to statistics, unemployment in the country is one in five – 21% of the population. Youth to particularly severe: among the Spaniards, aged 15 to 26 years of work can not find each other.
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