pProtestersa gathered outside government buildings in Barcelona on March 17 to highlight their frustration with a pension rise of 0.25 which, due to inflation, leaves pensioners with less spending power than before.ppReports saida around 30,000 people protested in Barcelona. Additional protests also took place across Spaina and the Canary Islands.ppFormer Catalan President Carlos Puigdemont tweeteda support to those protesting in Barcelona, saying they deserve decent pensions and accusing the government of squandering money.