<p>Hamstrung governments seem to have no answer to the public’s furious demands, making further discontent likely</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/20/france-protests-paris-curfews-italy-europe-ukraine-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>In France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. In Spain, it was a tent camp that steadily grew in the heart of the capital as residents railed against soaring housing costs.</p><p>Similar scenes have since sprung up in Belgium, Italy and Portugal, and clashes have convulsed Albania’s capital of Tirana, hinting at an autumn of protests across Europe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/will-europe-protests-lead-to-real-political-change">Continue reading...</a>
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‘A powerful warning’: will Europe’s angry protests lead to real political change?
<p>Hamstrung governments seem to have no answer to the public’s furious demands, making further discontent likely</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/20/france-protests-paris-curfews-italy-europe-ukraine-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>In France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. In Spain, it was a tent camp that steadily grew in the heart of the capital as residents railed against soaring housing costs.</p><p>Similar scenes have since sprung up in Belgium, Italy and Portugal, and clashes have convulsed Albania’s capital of Tirana, hinting at an autumn of protests across Europe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/will-europe-protests-lead-to-real-political-change">Continue reading...</a>