Europe faces autumn of protests over fuel, food, and housing crisis

Rising food and fuel prices, a lack of funding for education, the state of public services, and access to housing have created the perfect breeding ground for a fall of protests across Europe. Crowds have been taking to the streets for weeks in the continent’s major cities. Last weekend saw some of the largest demonstrations in recent years, leaving a trail of arrests, looting, injuries, and violence in cities that have turned into battlefields in France, Italy and Albania.

In Spain and Portugal, camps have been set up in the streets. In most cases, the protesters are mostly young people who have had enough, but rioters have also taken part.

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