By Cristina Buzasu
Global Post
Some 15,000 people filled the streets of Bucharest, Romania in recent days to protest a draft law passed by the government designed to approve Europe’s largest gold mining project in Rosia Montana, a small town in northern Romania.
The huge mobilization came after two weeks of continued protests against what some have called a defiance of constitutional and environmental norms in favor of the Canadian-owned Rosia Montana Gold Corporation.
Protesters came from several Romanian cities and major capitals around the world. They demonstrated not only against the mining project, but also against the ruling class and the Romanian political system.