Widespread protests in European capitals over cost of living and fuel prices

Protests involving hundreds of thousands of people broke out, starting in France and Spain and spreading to other European countries, rejecting rising prices, weak wages and higher fuel costs. Coverage points to widespread frustration across the continent, while the far right is benefiting from anger over fuel prices ahead of elections.

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• The protests spanned several countries, starting in France and Spain, then Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Albania.

  «بدأت في فرنسا وإسبانيا وامتدت إلى ألمانيا وإيطاليا والبرتغال وبلجيكا وألبانيا»

  سكاي نيوز عربية on MSN
• CNBC also linked the protests to poor education conditions and the housing crisis, in addition to the cost of living.

  «Protests broke out in France and several European countries as people railed against living costs, poor schooling conditions, and a housing crisis.»

  CNBC on MSN
• Reuters noted that Europe's far right is benefiting from anger over fuel prices ahead of elections, as tractors arrived in the southern Italian city of Gela.

  «The tractors rolling into the town of Gela on the southern tip of Europe are flying the Sicilian flag»

  Reuters

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