From the Guardian · · 1m 30s
Arrests hit 1,800 as violent protests sweep across Europe
Students and activists clash with police over schools, housing and living costs in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Albania, with governments offering limited concessions.
In brief
Students and activists clash with police over schools, housing and living costs in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Albania, with governments offering limited concessions. Arrests over protests across Europe rose to one thousand eight hundred on Saturday as demonstrations over education, housing and living costs…
Why Europe is protesting
High school pupils in France are clashing with police over long hours, missing teachers, dilapidated classrooms and an opaque university admissions system.
Spain's housing crisis sparked marches
Activists took to the streets in September after an investment fund hiked an eighty-seven-year-old woman's rent by two hundred thirty percent. María del Carmen Abascal died a fortnight later after being admitted to hospital.
Portugal and Italy join the unrest
Portuguese housing prices rose by one hundred twenty-four percent between two thousand fifteen and two thousand twenty-four, roughly twice as fast as the EU average.
France offers limited concessions
The French government said it would deploy three thousand more substitute teachers to deal with shortages and include students in school decision-making.
Spain's Sánchez calls early election
Spain's president Pedro Sánchez attempted to pass emergency housing legislation to protect tenants in the rental market.
Macron signals no further concessions
French interior minister Laurent Nunez blamed far left protesters and criminals who looted and ransacked buildings across France, signalling the government is not willing to concede further.
“criminals who looted and ransacked”
What to remember
Arrests over protests across Europe rose to one thousand eight hundred on Saturday as demonstrations over education, housing and living costs turned violent in multiple countries.
