The crux: A few hundred mostly young protesters rallied in Brussels on 24 October against the “Arizona” federal government, education cuts and alleged police violence. The gathering was calm until a group broke a police cordon in Saint-Gilles, and riot police answered with tear gas. What happened About 300 people met at Place de l’Albertine…
The crux: Italy marched again on 24 October with 500 extra soldiers in Milan and squares sealed off in several cities, a week after riots and a tough new security decree. The day turned tense: police used water cannon, tear gas and charges in central Rome, protesters briefly got into the Colosseum, and tear gas…
The crux: France’s second Saturday of cost-of-living and education protests ended in clashes in Paris and several other cities on 24 October, despite some 70,000 police and gendarmes on duty. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said nearly 1,000 people were arrested nationwide (The Guardian). The ministry counted 410,000 marchers, against 800,000 by the CGT union’s count….
