Europe Is Full of Protests: There Are Detainees in France and Water Cannons in Albania
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(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = On the 24th (local time), large-scale protests took place in various parts of Europe, including France, Spain, Italy, and Albania.
Thousands of protests took place on Saturday in several Italian and Spanish cities, reporting to European media.
Protests in Europe left 1,000 detainees in France and clashes in Albania; Italy strengthened security and in Spain marched for pensions.
Protests of scale, some marked by violence and clashes with law enforcement forces, took place on Saturday in several European countries, including Italy, France, Albania, Spain and Portugal, write ABC News. In Milan, authorities mobilized another 500 soldiers and reinforced security measures after the robberies and clashes of the previous weekend. In France, police detained 135 people, while in Tirana water cannons were used to disperse demonst…
Europe is facing a new wave of social unrest with a common demand to improve living standards, address poverty and ensure affordable housing. While in Tirana and French cities the demonstrations took a violent turn with serious incidents, hundreds of injuries and dozens of arrests, in Madrid, Rome and Brussels the mobilizations for the pension system and labor reforms remained much milder.
In France, large-scale protests had been announced throughout the country for Saturday. However, far beyond the national borders, there were sometimes violent demonstrations – such as in Barcelona, Rome and Tirana.
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