The Age of Anger: Don't Expect a Happy Ending to the French Uprisings
Generation Z has joined the activism of their elders, but neither young people nor the French are the only ones furious about the cost of living and bleak prospects. Markets are testing the threshold of panic
Protests have been ongoing in France, sparked by student demonstrations against cuts to public education, but have escalated into widespread unrest with multiple flashpoints. The unrest has spread to other countries, including Italy, where nights of riots and looting have occurred in Milan, prompting Giorgia Meloni to deploy soldiers.
Similar protests are happening in Belgium and Albania, while in Spain and Portugal, young people are protesting over unaffordable housing. A month-long camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and similar camps in Lisbon and Oporto have been or are being dismantled.
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