Thousands of young Europeans have taken to the streets across multiple countries to protest rising housing costs, declining public services and lack of jobs. In France, where high schools have been on strike for over three weeks, violence has led to 2,400 arrests and significant damage in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux. In Spain, tent encampments have sprung up at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol to protest unaffordable housing, prompting the government to call an early election in November. In Italy, the “Italia in Piazza” movement has mobilized thousands despite violent clashes in Milan that resulted in 271 arrests, most of them minors. Italy’s inflation reached 4.2 percent in September, worsening household financial struggles.
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