Wave of discontent sweeps Europe

Gen Z-led protests in multiple German cities turned violent Saturday, with rioters looting stores and confronting police, as political and fiscal crises unleash a wave of discontent across Europe. Gen Z-led protests in multiple German cities turned violent Saturday, with rioters looting stores and confronting police, as political and fiscal crises unleash a wave of discontent across Europe. France saw a third weekend of protests, which have also spread to Italy, Belgium, and Albania, driven by what a Belgian politician derided as the “TikTokization” of protests. The Élysée called a meeting last month with platforms to demand tighter moderation, as protesters of varying political outlooks took to the streets: “One crisis layers on top of the other,” the director of the European Council of Foreign Relations told the BBC, producing algorithmically sorted “tribes,” and “a sense of ‘ my crisis is more important than your crisis.’”