# Why Gen Z is protesting across Europe, and why the protests look alike

- By: Newsline Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T11:33:50.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

## Excerpt

On 31 October youth demonstrations coincided in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, with a minority's violence part of the story but not the whole of it. On 31 October 2026 young people protested in dozens of German cities, in Zurich and Basel, and in The Hague, after several weeks of demonstrations in France. In 2025, 26.3% of 18-to-24-year-olds in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, the highest rate of any age group, according to figures cited by Reuters. In Frankfurt, hooded rioters damaged 17 shops and looted five, according to Hesse's interior minister; in The Hague the protest ended without major disorder and 34 arrests, mostly teenagers.

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