Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of protests in Europe.

Crowds have taken to the streets for weeks in major cities, resulting in arrests, looting, injuries, and violence across France, Italy and Albania. In Spain and Portugal, tent camps have sprung up in protests against unattainable rents and housing costs.

Young Europeans are experiencing “a strong sense of uncertainty and a lack of control,” said María Silvestre, professor of sociology at the University of Deusto in Spain. “And when specific situations come together, a spark suddenly ignites that is capable of channeling that discontent and driving people into the streets.”

  • joeschmoe@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Friendly reminder, that Muricans have a CHILD-RAPING, lying, cheating, warmongering president, and they are not protesting about it in any meaningful capacity. French students are literally setting the streets ablaze and Muricans are sitting on their couches watching American Handegg. Pathetic.

    They are just hoping that the TEMU-dictator will accept any meaningful election results not in his favour, totally gonna happen. Meanwhile, the whole world suffers, because of their pedophile piece of shit of a leader, but at least they still have it the worst. No one alive today should ever be their ally again.

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      3 days ago

      This IS Europe getting its shit together. As a fellow associate, I need to remind you that when they say we’re “so oddly polite” this is their reference point.

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    3 days ago

    All these days idiots cheering on violence is pretty pathetic. This is not the youth demonstrating, this is chaos and crime. Anyone who thinks this is a solution is too dumb for their own good.