Tens of thousands from all over Spain converged on the capital Madrid on Saturday.<br/> <br />Protesters called it a "Dignity March".<br/> <br />They demanded an end to tough austerity measures imposed by the European Union.<br/> <br />Economic reforms that have put the country's worst off into even deeper poverty.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REGIONAL LAWMAKER AND MAYOR OF TOWN OF MARINALEDA IN REGION OF ANDALUSIA, JUAN MANUEL SANCHEZ GORDILLO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Forty percent of people have reached the poverty line. There are more than one million people that don't have the minimum conditions to live. That's why we are here."<br/> <br />Some came to protest the policies of Minister Mariano Rajoy.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DEMONSTRATOR FROM REGION OF ASTURIAS, IKER BODEGAS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"He is a scoundrel. I am also protesting against all those corrupt who are in power and all those disgusting unions who sell themselves for money. I want to protest against all those ones."<br/> <br />By nightfall, the governmen
