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'If we burn, you burn with us!': Why a Gen Z youth wave of protest is sweeping Europe - analysis

Chiara, a 21-year-old student in protest-hit Milan, believes “it's vital to take part in people's spontaneous movements born from an explosion of rage that made collective action possible.”

Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water canon amid clashes during an authorised demonstration organised by labor unions in Paris, October 24, 2026.
A police officer falls during a demonstration as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Nantes, France, October 17, 2026.

Paris's cost of living protests spiral into France's worst violence, riots in decades

Police detain a demonstrator during a students' protest in Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 2026.

Protesters clash with police in Brussels as anti-government demonstrations spread across Europe

European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos arrives at Fort St. Angelo in Birgu, Malta, to attend a meeting of Interior ministers from four EU countries, France, Germany, Italy and Malta on September 23, 2019.

Greek parliament lifts immunity of ex-Commissioner amid EU 'Qatargate' probe


European Jewish students hold vigil for Halle in Brussels

“We were also moved by the show of strength and solidarity throughout Germany and would like to bring this spirit of unity to Brussels, to say no to hate and fear together, in the heart of the EU"

People lay flowers outside the synagogue in Halle, Germany October 10, 2019, after two people were killed in a shooting.

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff returns from NATO conference

Maj.-Gen Eyal Zamir held meetings with heads of regional and NATO militaries.

IDF’s Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir  met with NATO military leadership and other NATO officials in Brussels

Two sides of the IDF present at the EU Parliament in Brussels

“It’s important to hear the truth first hand, and to hear both sides."

RESERVISTS ON DUTY delegates appear before members of the European Union Parliament in Brussels this week

Reservists on Duty give testimonies at EU Parliament for the first time

Four combat soldiers told their personal stories while serving in the IDF.

The Reservists on Duty delegation stand outside the EU Parliament in Brussels after giving testimonies for the first time

In downtown Brussels, once vibrant synagogues are now dying or sold

Stalingrad Synagogue, the capital’s second-oldest Jewish house of worship, “is dying.”

THE SIMON AND LINA HAIM SYNAGOGUE in the Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek

Brussels Jewish museum shooting suspect refuses to testify

Investigators say it is the first trial over an attack staged by a Western European returned from fighting in Syria.

Belgian soldiers stand guard on Brussels' Grand Place

Denial of religious freedom for Belgian Jews

Belgian soldiers stand guard on Brussels' Grand Place

Belgian soccer fans sing chant about burning Jews

The European Jewish Congress called on local and international soccer authorities “to take stricter measures against this antisemitic abuse and use harsher punishments.”

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund - Club Brugge fan holds up a scarf before the match, September 18, 2018.

‘Talk to far-Right in gov’t’, says top European rabbi

“Does Israel not speak to Hamas? Israel spoke with Arafat, who clearly hated Jews. Does Israel not talk today with different enemies?”

Founder and Chairman of the European Jewish Association Rabbi Menachem Margolin speaking at the opening of the EJA’s annual conference in Brussels on Tuesday

Facebook's Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak

In his opening remarks, Zuckerberg said it had "become clear over the last couple of years that we haven't done enough to prevent the tools we've built from being used for harm as well."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens while testifying before a joint Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis