'Nobody heard us' — why Gen Z leads protests across Europe
Fedja Grulovic, Alex Fraser, Bart Biesemans and Fatos Bytyci REUTERS
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Grenoble, France - November 02, 2026 High school students resumed blockades at schools in several French cities, including Paris, Marseille and Toulouse, on Monday, November 2, as classes resumed after the All Saints' holiday. The demonstrations were part of a nationwide student protest move…
BRUSSELS — Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans against those running her country: “If we burn, you burn with us!”
Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water cannon Oct. 24 amid clashes in Paris, France, during nationwide protests called by the Yellow Vests movement and joined by French high school and university students against the cost of living and rising fuel prices.
People celebrate the parliamentary election victory of the Student List on Oct. 26 at Slavija Square in Belgrade, Serbia, after Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat.
Protesters run along a street strewn with debris Oct. 18 in Milan, Italy, during a protest over the state of public services and the rising cost of living.
Bilal Narjissi, 17, a high school student, poses Oct. 22 in front of the Lycee Paul Eluard High School during an interview with Reuters in Saint-Denis, France.
Protesters take cover behind a plywood board as French riot police and gendarmes use a water cannon Oct. 24 amid clashes in Paris, France, during nationwide protests called by the Yellow Vests movement and joined by French high school and university students against the cost of living and rising fuel prices.
Bilal Narjissi, 17, a high school student, poses Oct. 22 in front of the Lycee Paul Eluard High School during an interview with Reuters in Saint-Denis, France.
People celebrate the parliamentary election victory of the Student List on Oct. 26 at Slavija Square in Belgrade, Serbia, after Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat.
Protesters run along a street strewn with debris Oct. 18 in Milan, Italy, during a protest over the state of public services and the rising cost of living.
