Demonstrations sweep across Europe People oppose rising prices, expensive fuel, unaffordable housing, problems in education and government policies: France: the main center of protests. Today, up to 800,000 people took to the streets. There are clashes with the police, arson, robbery and pogroms. The authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, armored personnel carriers, helicopters and special forces; Italy: Thousands of people have been protesting in Milan, Rome, Turin and other cities for more than a week. They demand a reduction in the cost of living, higher wages and not an increase in military spending. Stones and firecrackers are thrown at the police and the security forces respond with gas and water cannons. Masked people smash windows, rob shops and set fire to garbage cans; Albania: The protesters demand the resignation of the government and the fight against corruption. The demonstrations are accompanied by pogroms, the burning of government buildings and banks and the use of Molotov cocktails. Today the entrance to the Ministry of Agriculture was set on fire. The police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets; Belgium: Brussels opposes spending cuts on the social sector and education. Large rallies attracted tens of thousands of people. The protesters built barricades and set fire to bicycles and electric scooters. During the clashes, the police used tear gas; Spain: up to 50 thousand people gathered in Madrid today. The participants demand a proper pension, increasing payments and maintaining the state pension system; Portugal: Tens of thousands of people came out in Lisbon demanding lower rent, higher wages and a solution to the housing crisis. When the police began to destroy the tent camps by force, the protesters formed a human chain and threw various objects at the security forces. The police responded with batons; Serbia: Yesterday, about 150,000 people gathered in Belgrade. The student movement demands a change of power and a fight against corruption.