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NEW World · 06:37
Europe's cost-of-living protests turn violent: 320,000 march in France, shops looted in Frankfurt
A wave of youth-led protests over the cost of living, underfunded schools and public spending cuts swept across Europe on Saturday, 31 October. About 320,000 people marched in France, according to the Interior Ministry, and thousands more in Germany. Most rallies were peaceful during the day, but clashes with police broke out after dark in several cities, and rioters looted shops in central Frankfurt.