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Thousands of people across Europe protested over the weekend against rising living costs, unaffordable housing, low wages and strained public services. In France, hundreds of thousands joined demonstrations, but some turned into looting and rioting that damaged about 1,500 shops, with the Retail and Trade Federation estimating costs of “several hundreds of millions of euros” and President Emmanuel Macron vowing to hold those responsible to account. Police clashed with demonstrators in Belgium, while Italy saw clashes in Milan, Turin and Bologna, and Portugal’s unions called for higher wages, better pensions and affordable housing. Eurostat data analysed by Euronews Business shows EU food prices rose 34% between August 2021 and August 2026, and the food a minimum wage could buy fell 6% in Malta, 5% in Spain and 4% in France. The comparison excludes taxes, rent and other household costs.
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Tens of thousands of people across major European cities protested over the weekend against rising living costs, housing shortages and strained public services. In France, about 550,000 people joined nationwide demonstrations on Saturday that turned violent, with 997 police officers and gendarmes injured, seven of them seriously, and 2,397 people arrested. Clashes also broke out in Milan and Brussels, with about 50 demonstrators detained in Milan, while tens of thousands rallied in Portugal demanding affordable housing. European leaders condemned the violence, and a Eurofound senior research manager said the benefits of macroeconomic stability are failing to reach the bottom half of the income distribution.
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