Mostly peaceful student lead protests in FRANCE, ITALY, PORTUGAL, BELGIUM and ALBANIA grew violent when local authorities stepped in as rioting and looting ensued.
.FRANCE, ITALY, PORTUGAL, BELGIUM and ALBANIA are protesting high tuition fees, cost of living, education conditions and political leadership.
ITP V.026 EDITORS NOTE:
We hear you EUROPE as we in the U.S.A. are dealing with the same crisis. With inflation, high rents, we're feeling it too. With. ising fuel, utility and gas costs, tied to the war in Iran, the U.S.A. NO KINGS PROTEST was peaceful and well attended.
Regarding the riots in Europe: Rioting hurts small businesses that are just trying to get buy and make a living, don't riot.
FROM RUETERS:
As soaring fuel prices squeeze household budgets and businesses across Europe, cost-of-living pressures are driving unrest and giving fresh momentum to far-right parties ahead of elections next year in countries including France, Germany and Italy https://reut.rs/4z0R5Tq
FROM VOCAL POLITICS:
Protests sweep across Europe as rising living costs, deteriorating public services, education crises and political grievances fuel demonstrations, clashes, f-res and l-oting.
￭ On October 17, hundreds of thousands demonstrated across France against rising prices and deteriorating public services. Shops were looted, vehicles t-rched and Limoges City Hall set ablaze. By October 18, authorities reported nearly 1,800 arrests, according to Reuters.
￭ On October 17, student protests in Belgium escalated into cl-shes with police in Brussels and Liège over education reforms and austerity. Police deployed t-ar gas and water c-nnons, with 45 arrests in Liège confirmed on October 18, according to Reuters and Belga.
￭ On October 17, protests against rising living costs and fuel prices in Italy escalated into clashes, f-res and lo-ting in Milan, with further confrontations in Turin and Bologna, according to ANSA.
￭ On October 17, tens of thousands marched through Lisbon, Portugal, protesting soaring housing costs, low wages and inflation, according to Reuters.
￭ On October 17, anti-government protests in Tirana, Albania, entered their fifth consecutive day, with students demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation amid grievances over corruption, education and employment. Police responded to clashes with te-r gas and water cannons, according to AP.
￭ The unrest comes amid mounting economic pressure across Europe. On October 16, Reuters reported that surging energy prices linked to the w-r on Iran and the continuing NATO-led w-r on Russia were straining European economies.
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FROM THE NATION:
For the past week, students in the Albanian capital of Tirana have been on strike—an action that’s spurred major clashes with police and widespread damage to government buildings and public property. In response, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has sought to step up the government crackdown, offering security forces extra money to suppress the worst political crisis of his 13 years in office.
The specter of a more intensive backlash does nothing to address the issues that sent Albanian students into the streets: increased education fees, poor school conditions, and a lengthy list of government corruption scandals, including the possibly illegal sale of land to Jared Kushner for luxury property development. In lieu of endorsing reforms on all these issues, Rama chose violence.
The latest turn in Albanian protest politics will likely just ratchet up the mood of growing frustration among dissenters. For 130 days this summer, Tirana saw a wave of peaceful protests against Rama’s approval of the Kushner-backed resort project—a boondoggle that detractors have argued only benefits powerful oligarchs close to Rama’s government.
But what happened last week took everyone by surprise. The Albanian student union called for school strikes and planned a series of demonstrations at the Education Ministry in central Tirana. The protests kept growing, and eventually a handful of black-masked provocateurs began tearing out CCTV cameras and stoplights in the city center. The confrontation escalated from there: Restive protesters threw rocks, exploded fireworks, and burned dumpsters. The cops responded with tear gas, water cannons, and baton beatings. Not surprisingly, the response pushed more demonstrators into anger. Read more from Mitchell Prothero:
https://www.thenation.com/.../albania-student-protests...FROM NBC NEWS
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