Warsaw - Some 30,000 protesters took to the streets of Warsaw yesterday to demonstrate against economic reforms, shouting "no to selling Poland to foreigners" and calling for the Prime Minister, Mr Jerzy Buzek, to resign.
Several thousand police and riot police were deployed for the protest, which organisers had said could attract up to 100,000 people, but it wound up mid-afternoon without incident. The rally included farmers, miners, nurses, workers from the railways and arms industries, and others who have suffered from reforms to prepare Poland for entry into the EU.