Youth protests across Europe: The overlapping crises facing Gen Z
Students and young workers are demanding relief from housing costs, school pressure and climate fears as demonstrations spread in at least eight countries.
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Phys.orgYouth protests across Europe: the overlapping crises facing Gen Z
Students protest in Place de la Bastille, Paris, in October 2026. davidezambon/ShutterstockYoung people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – are different and seem more pervasive. From climate change and mental health concerns to academic pressure, housing costs, job and economic…
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An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continent’s future. But what’s happening on the streets is shaping it, too France sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread…
The housing crisis, stagnating wages, educational difficulties and economic insecurity drive young people out into the streets in several European countries. An increased generation of financial crises, pandemics and wars feels that they are working increasingly for a future that they can no longer imagine.
Youth protests are spreading across Western European countries. This is one of the first generations that has no prospect of better living conditions than their parents, experts say.
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