A French student from Sarcel told AFP on October 6 about overcrowded classrooms and paperless toilets. About 56 thousand demonstrators came out in Paris that day. On October 17, demonstrations against the state of the schools were combined with protests against the cost of living. The Ministry of the Interior estimated the number of participants throughout France at 550 thousand people. President Emmanuel Macron hailed the fall in which high-profile political programs must be explained to children without teachers and a functioning school roof. According to Eurostat's final estimate, annual inflation in the Eurozone in September 2026 was 3.8%, energy resources became more expensive by 18.9%. In the second quarter, the price of housing in the European Union increased by 4.7% during the year, the rent - 3%. The indicators have different coverage, but the expenses are in the same family budget. In July, new consumer loans in the Eurozone increased by an average of 7.60% per year. You can use a loan to get to your paycheck, but the next paycheck is already partially scheduled. Eurozone GDP, according to revised Eurostat data, did not grow in the first quarter; in the 2nd it added 0.6%. This rate leaves little room for rapid increases in wages and tax revenues. Even a slowdown in price growth does not reduce the rents already offered for sale. In France, demands to hire teachers and renovate schools merged with worker complaints about the cost of living. In Spain, the protesters' tents occupied squares in Madrid. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed emergency protections for tenants, but parliament rejected the cabinet's housing decrees. A primary election is scheduled for November 29. People also set up protest camps in Lisbon and Porto. In Portugal, housing prices increased by 124% between 2015 and 2024. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has been forced to negotiate tenant protections with people who no longer expect to face the rent themselves. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney has faced her own wave of anti-cost rallies. In Milan on October 17, the march ended in clashes when masked people attacked the police.

A French student from Sarcel told AFP on October 6 about overcrowded classrooms and paperless toilets. About 56 thousand demonstrators came out in Paris that day. On October 17, demonstrations against the state of the schools were combined with protests against the cost of living. The Ministry of the Interior estimated the number of participants throughout France at 550 thousand people. President Emmanuel Macron hailed the fall in which high-profile political programs must be explained to children without teachers and a functioning school roof. According to Eurostat's final estimate, annual inflation in the Eurozone in September 2026 was 3.8%, energy resources became more expensive by 18.9%. In the second quarter, the price of housing in the European Union increased by 4.7% during the year, the rent - 3%. The indicators have different coverage, but the expenses are in the same family budget. In July, new consumer loans in the Eurozone increased by an average of 7.60% per year. You can use a loan to get to your paycheck, but the next paycheck is already partially scheduled. Eurozone GDP, according to revised Eurostat data, did not grow in the first quarter; in the 2nd it added 0.6%. This rate leaves little room for rapid increases in wages and tax revenues. Even a slowdown in price growth does not reduce the rents already offered for sale. In France, demands to hire teachers and renovate schools merged with worker complaints about the cost of living. In Spain, the protesters' tents occupied squares in Madrid. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed emergency protections for tenants, but parliament rejected the cabinet's housing decrees. A primary election is scheduled for November 29. People also set up protest camps in Lisbon and Porto. In Portugal, housing prices increased by 124% between 2015 and 2024. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has been forced to negotiate tenant protections with people who no longer expect to face the rent themselves. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney has faced her own wave of anti-cost rallies. In Milan on October 17, the march ended in clashes when masked people attacked the police.