On October 22 local time, POLITICO EU, the European edition of the American website POLITICO, wrote that in the next nine months, several major countries in the EU will hold parliamentary and presidential elections. The first election is scheduled to take place in Spain in November this year. During this period, street protests are expected to intensify.
The article indicates that as winter approaches, the wave of protests within the EU will only intensify further, and this trend has objective reasons behind it.
This autumn and winter, many countries in the EU will face severe social unrest. Rising living costs and soaring fuel prices are intensifying the growing dissatisfaction among young people in many nations.
On October 18th, local time, in Paris, France, protesters gathered near the Place de la République. Visual China
The social consequences of this increasingly worsening crisis of living costs are already apparent: in France, riots and robberies occurred during protests; in Italy, supply chains were disrupted; in Spain, large camps were set up in historic squares. Authorities in Paris and Rome are deploying more security forces to prevent similar situations from occurring again in the coming days.
Therefore, with the elections approaching, street protests are expected to escalate further, thereby making election preparations more complicated.
Previously, on October 17th local time, tens of thousands of people in France took to the streets to protest against rising living costs and deteriorating public services. Violent clashes between police and protesters occurred in many places, including Paris, with violent incidents involving masked individuals.
According to reports, this is one of the most serious violent riots in France in recent years. The French Interior Ministry states that approximately 550,000 people in France participated in the protests on that day. At present, there are no signs of the protests in France stopping.
