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'If we burn, you burn with us!': Why a Gen Z youth wave of protest is sweeping Europe - analysis

Chiara, a 21-year-old student in protest-hit Milan, believes “it's vital to take part in people's spontaneous movements born from an explosion of rage that made collective action possible.”

Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water canon amid clashes during an authorised demonstration organised by labor unions in Paris, October 24, 2026.
A police officer falls during a demonstration as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Nantes, France, October 17, 2026.

Paris's cost of living protests spiral into France's worst violence, riots in decades

Police detain a demonstrator during a students' protest in Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 2026.

Protesters clash with police in Brussels as anti-government demonstrations spread across Europe

European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos arrives at Fort St. Angelo in Birgu, Malta, to attend a meeting of Interior ministers from four EU countries, France, Germany, Italy and Malta on September 23, 2019.

Greek parliament lifts immunity of ex-Commissioner amid EU 'Qatargate' probe


'Judge me': Paris suspect refuses to answer Belgian court

How the suspect, from a broadly secular background with a history of petty crime, was transformed into an alleged cog within extensive Islamic State cells operating in Belgium and France is unclear.

French special forces evacuate people, including an injured man holding his head, as people gather near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France, November 13, 2015

In Brussels, Netanyahu plays to his base

“I attach great importance to Europe, I respect Europe, but I am not prepared to accept a double-standard," said Netanyahu before leaving for Europe.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 11, 2017

Our World:Europe’s war against the Jewish state

On Sunday and Monday Israeli PM Netanyahu visited Paris and Brussels to confront Europe’s leaders and challenge their hostility toward Israel.

A World War Two veteran holds a flower and Israel's national flag during a march in Jerusalem commemorating the 70th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day May 10, 2015

Scores rally against Netanyahu visit to Brussels

Demonstrators held up a banner reading "Israel War Crimes Unwelcome."

Demonstrators attend a protest against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Brussels, Belgium December 11, 2017

Netanyahu in Brussels: Recognizing Jerusalem as capital can promote peace

“It doesn't obviate peace, it makes peace possible, because recognizing reality is the substance of peace, the foundation of peace.”

Netanyahu and EU foreign policy chief Mogherini brief the media in Brussels

Defiant Netanyahu travels to ‘lion’s den’

Cold receptions are expected in Brussels and Paris after Trump's Jerusalem decision.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu boarding the flight to Paris France

Chief Rabbi of Brussels: There is no future for Jews in Europe

Synagogues in Belgian capital closed on Shabbat for the first time since World War Two, Rabbi Avraham Gigi tells Israel's radio 103 FM.

Belgian soldiers and a police officer control the documents of a woman in a shopping street in central Brussels, November 21, 2015