Impact reported that around a hundred people gathered in front of the Grenoble courthouse to protest against the immediate hearings of individuals arrested during the violence on October 17. It relayed the fears expressed that these hearings might be used to set an example and that the individuals would not receive a fair trial. Le Dauphiné Libéré was cited as a source. #Justice #Protestation #DroitsHumains (translated)
The trade union front announced a mobilization on November 18 in Namur to protest against the Walloon government's austerity measures that threaten employment and public services. #Manifestation #Syndicats #BudgetWallon (translated)
Protesters threw petrol bombs and fireworks at police in Tirana on Monday, as anti-government demonstrations escalated and riot police responded with water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets. #AlbaniaUnrest #AntiGovernmentProtests #PoliceClashes
Retirees have occupied a folk high school in protest against cuts in welfare. (translated)
The field marshal described it as a slow train crash to see Juanita Franden go from praising the protests as something beautiful and historically French to, according to the field marshal, excusing what was happening and claiming that Europe did not understand. The field marshal wrote that Europe really did not understand how Franden reasoned about violent riots. #protester #Europa #våld (translated)
Mr. Husis wrote that French protests and demands for more welfare resources could give a misleading picture of the country's public sector. He stated that France's public spending accounted for about 57 percent of GDP, compared to Sweden's 50 percent, and that this share was the second highest in the EU. He claimed that the French, even more than the Swedes, had become accustomed to the state taking care of people throughout their lives. He also noted that around five million migrants, mainly from the Middle East and North Africa, had come to France in recent years and that unemployment among these groups was around 20-25 percent. Mr. Husis accused LFI, which he described as left-extremist and violence-advocating and as the French sister party of the Left Party, of inflaming discontent to win votes. He wrote that the same thing would happen in Sweden when riots eventually began. #Frankrike #välfärd #protester (translated)
The author claimed that, according to a former SNS insider, Vučić’s regime was paying people to attack peaceful protesters, offering organizers €500 a day and each attacker €200. The author added that the alleged payments showed the regime feared its own people and was trying to silence them. #Protest #Serbia #HumanRights #RS (translated)
Experts point out that the violent protests in France benefit Marine Le Pen and her far-right party ahead of the 2027 presidential election, as she can channel discontent and position herself as an alternative for law and order. #Frankrike #MarineLePen #politiskavuppror (translated)
A gathering took place in front of the Lyon Metropolis to protest against the imminent expulsion of 280 women and children from Place Milan. #Lyon #Mobilisation #Expulsion (translated)
After a weekend of riots and looting in France, where the interior minister claims that the far left is behind the violence, sociologist Mattias Wahlström warns against simplistic conclusions and emphasizes that there is a complex gray area of participants in the protests. #Frankrike #Demonstrationer #Våldsverkare (translated)
Lisa Magnusson warns against romanticizing the perpetrators of violence in connection with the protests in France, where a grassroots movement is campaigning against an unsustainable school system while violence and destruction threaten to overshadow their message. #Paris #våld #demokrati (translated)
The mayor of Longué-Jumelles took down the portrait of Emmanuel Macron and lowered the town hall flags to half-mast to protest the president's attitude towards the violence of October 17, which he considers "unworthy." #ViolencesUrbaines #EmmanuelMacron #MaineEtLoire (translated)
The author asked Aleksandar Vučić whether police had used a banned sonic weapon against peaceful protesters in Belgrade on 15 March 2025. They cited a 19 March 2025 report by German public broadcaster ARD Tagesschau that referred to mounting evidence. https://t.co/ikTgksFoa3 #SonicWeapon #Belgrade #Protests #RS #EU #DE (translated)
De Afspraak wrote that Mia Doornaert labeled the young people who protested, looted, and vandalized in France as thieves and said they were on a robbery spree. #deafspraak https://t.co/lCEsqlSZWk #protest #plundering #Frankrijk (translated)
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Summary of the article: Several false images and videos are being spread on social media that claim to show the riots in France, when in fact they are fake clips, including an event from Gothenburg and one with a Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower. #Desinformation #Protester #ViralaBilder (translated)
The writer stated that individuals who attacked the fire department and ambulance personnel deserved a particularly severe punishment and questioned whether such attacks were still considered protests. #svenskpolitik #protester #våld #SE (translated)
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Approximately 150 people gathered on Monday evening in front of the town hall of Liège to protest against Islamophobia and to urge local authorities to take a stronger stance against the discrimination of Muslims, while condemning a worsening Islamophobic climate in Belgium. #Islamophobie #Liège #Discrimination (translated)
Damien Rieu called for the imprisonment of people he referred to by a derogatory term and urged to "liberate the city of Lyon." He wrote that, similar to after the riots of 2014, young people had taken to the streets to protest against the looting. https://t.co/iilW78qvWC #Lyon #protestation #justice (translated)
Shops in Milan closed early due to fears of new unrest after looting and violence over the weekend. #Milano #protester #våld (translated)
