Rising fuel costs, anger over schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have fuelled protests across Europe. In France, high-school students protested for more than three weeks before the CGT union joined; weekend unrest led to 2,400 arrests, looting in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux, and a fire that nearly destroyed Limoges City Hall. In Spain, teachers began an indefinite strike in Madrid, and tent camps protesting housing costs filled the Puerta del Sol square, where the minimum wage is 1,221 euros against about 1,130 euros in monthly rent for an 80-square-metre flat. Inflation in Italy rose to 4.2% in September, above the eurozone's 3.8%. Trump blamed immigrants for the unrest in France.
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