Protests sweep across Europe from France to Albania, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Protests erupted across Europe, with demonstrators taking to the streets in major cities such as Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Tirana, and Rome. The protests were fueled by a variety of concerns, including pensions, housing, education, corruption, and opposition to war.

In France, around 2,400 individuals were arrested, while nearly 1,000 members of the security forces were injured, as well as 100 protesters and residents in Paris alone. The unrest saw clashes between police and students, artists, and opposition parties in the Albanian capital, Tirana. Tear gas was used by police to disperse the crowd, and dozens of protestors were detained, with over 300 protesters and police suffering injuries.

Across Italy, thousands of protesters gathered in Milan, Rome, Turin, Naples, Bologna, and Florence. Bottles, stones, and firecrackers were hurled by demonstrators. Italian police reported nine arrests and the brief detention of 371 people during protests in eight cities on Saturday, with 110 of those detained being minors.

In Spain and Portugal, protests centered around retirement rights and affordable housing. In Madrid, key demands included linking pension increases to actual inflation, raising the minimum pension to match the minimum wage, addressing the gender pension gap, and protecting the public pension system from privatization. In Portugal, the primary demand was for affordable housing.