Protesters clash with police in Brussels
Police used tear gas and water cannon as 21 people were detained, including 13 minors, during clashes over planned budget cuts.
- On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Europeans demonstrated across Belgium, France, Italy, and Portugal against rising costs of living, with France experiencing over 550,000 protesters joining nationwide rallies.
- These uncoordinated demonstrations stem from 'shared grievances' including underfunded education, rising costs, and uncertain student prospects, according to Alberto Alemanno, Professor of EU Law & Policy at HEC Paris.
- Demonstrations turned violent in Albania, while police in Brussels and Liege deployed water cannons against protesters; Italian demonstrators clashed with officers in Milan and Bologna.
- Portuguese Parliamentary Affairs Minister Carlos Abreu Amorim stated on Friday the 'government will not yield to shouts from the street,' while protesters claimed officials were 'out of touch.'
- Alemanno warned Saturday's protests may not be the last, with mobilization expected in the coming week and new hotspots potentially emerging in Germany, Austria, and Greece.
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Clashes with police and hundreds of arrests during mass protests in France, Italy, Belgium and Albania over the high cost of living.
Protests in Belgium were accompanied by clashes, arson and property damage. In Brussels there are detainees, in Liege the police used a water cannon.
Many of the participants in the Saturday event were minors, including children under 12 years of age.
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