As protests hit Toronto, G20 leaders discuss spending cuts: raw video

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council president Herman van Rompuy were among those representing the 20 biggest industrialized countries on Sunday at the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada. As the official part of the summit wrapped up, Toronto police announced that more than 600 protesters had been arrested in a crackdown on anarchist groups. The communique agreed by leaders of the world’s major economies at the G20 summit in Toronto will amount to an endorsement of government decisions to rein in state spending, Chancellor George Osborne has said, the UK Press Association reported on Sunday. Expectations were high ahead of the summit that the gathering would witness a clash between European states, which are pursuing tough fiscal consolidation programmes to reduce debt, and US President Barack Obama, who has warned that making cuts too fast risks pushing the world into a fresh recession. For more, read: www.google.com