Demonstrations by the youth movement "Generation Z Decides" in 30 cities in Germany attracted more than 100,000 people and turned into riots, Bild reports. The demonstrators are protesting against the increase in the cost of living and mandatory service in the army, and are demanding the resignation of Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and an increase in government investment in social services. According to Dee Walt, the police are using water cannons to disperse the protests; About 500 participants were arrested in Cologne; In Berlin and Hamburg protesters set fire to barricades.