{"id":389691,"date":"2026-10-20T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/are-europes-student-protests-the-start-of-something-bigger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:01:05","slug":"are-europes-student-protests-the-start-of-something-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/are-europes-student-protests-the-start-of-something-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Europe&#8217;s student protests the start of something bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/MkGFk-W3WNE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Are Europe&apos;s student protests the start of something bigger\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkGFk-W3WNE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Young people in Europe are rising up. Worried about their future and fearful they won\u2019t have the same opportunities as their parents, thousands have taken to the streets in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Albania, there were large-scale demonstrations this weekend, fuelled by frustration at the state of schools and unhappiness over the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Some protests descended into some of the worst urban violence in years, notably in France and Italy where looting and thuggery became intermixed with peaceful demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Guardian\u2019s Europe correspondent Jon Henley, the violence risks pushing this generation\u2019s legitimate grievances into the background. 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