Protests and social unrest are spreading across Europe, from France and Italy to Spain and Albania, with arrests, looting and injuries in some demonstrations. Drivers include rising fuel costs, run-down schools, declining public services and a housing crisis. In France, students have protested for more than three weeks over underfunded schools, and weekend unrest led to 2,400 arrests and looting in cities including Paris and Marseille, while the 19th-century City Hall in Limoges was nearly destroyed by fire. In Spain and Portugal, tent camps have sprung up to protest unaffordable housing, and teachers in Madrid began an indefinite strike. Inflation in Italy rose to 4.2% in September, above the eurozone's 3.8%.
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