15M

Spanish

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Etymology

Date on which the demonstrations began, 15 May 2011.

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15M m

  1. (numeronym, Spain) the Anti-austerity movement in Spain; a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began around the local and regional elections of 2011 and 2012
    • 2019 December 16, Inés Santaeulalia, “El asalto al poder de la generación del 15-M”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      “Aquí está la juventud precaria”, se presentaron. Un mes después nacía el 15-M. Surgió con tanta fuerza y llegó tan en silencio que dejó atónito a un país con poca querencia a la protesta callejera.
      "Here is the precarious youth," they introduced themselves. A month later, the 15-M movement was born. It emerged with such force and arrived so silent that it stunned a country with little love for street protest.

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