A police officer wearing an Spanish flag walks in front of a demonstration where other police officers protest as they block the street and light firecrackers next to the Interior Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The demonstrators were protesting parts of the austerity package, namely the elimination of one of 14 paychecks that most Spanish civil servants get each year. The one being axed comes right before Christmas. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A police officer wearing an Spanish flag walks in front of a demonstration where other police officers protest as they block the street and light firecrackers next to the Interior Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The demonstrators were protesting parts of the austerity package, namely the elimination of one of 14 paychecks that most Spanish civil servants get each year. The one being axed comes right before Christmas. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Rumanian immigrant in Spain Sorin Bedreaga, 38, sits on a bench where he says he has spent 40 days on a hunger strike, as police officers protest by blocking the street in front of the Interior Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The demonstrators were protesting the government?s austerity measures, especially the elimination of their Christmas bonus pay, one of 14 paychecks that most Spanish civil servants get each year. The placard next to Sorin reads in Spanish "Hunger strike since 17 September 2012". (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A police officer wearing a Spanish flag walks in front of a demonstration where other police officers protest by blocking the street in front of the Interior Ministry in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The demonstrators were protesting the government?s austerity measures, especially the elimination of their Christmas bonus pay, one of 14 paychecks that most Spanish civil servants get each year. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
MADRID (AP) ? About 3,000 off-duty police officers are demonstrating in Madrid to protest the government's austerity measures, including the cancellation of their Christmas bonuses.
Saturday's protest blocked one of the capital's central boulevards opposite the Interior Ministry. On-duty police officers watched as their plainclothes colleagues demonstrated by throwing loud and smoky fireworks and chanting slogans.
A demonstrator was medically treated after a firework he was set to throw exploded in his hand.
One Spaniard in four is now unemployed as the economic crisis tightens its grip. The government is under pressure to seek aid to ease debts while the country sinks into its second recession in three years.
Troubled banks have been granted a ?100 billion ($130 billion) bailout facility, and many regional governments also are struggling.
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