About 50 of Spain's indignant protesters set off from Madrid for Brussels on foot Tuesday to protest against the economic crisis and raise awareness in Europe of their two-month-old movement.
Many of those taking part in the roughly 1,500-kilometre (950-mile) long trek to Belgium were among the over 500 protesters who walked for several weeks to Madrid from cities across Spain to take part in a march on Sunday.
"From north to south, east to west, the fight goes on no matter what it costs," the protesters chanted just before they set off from Madrid's Puerta de Sol square under a blazing sun and to the applause of onlookers.
The protesters expect to walk an average of 24 kilometres (15 miles) each day and plan to arrive in Brussels on October 8 after crossing France.
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