# EU protest wave has objective causes and will keep growing, Politico says

https://mins.news/en/item/112108

- TASS, 2026-10-23 03:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2206633

> Politico reports that rising living costs and fuel prices, alongside growing discontent among young people in many countries, are driving unrest across the EU this autumn and winter. A series of parliamentary and presidential elections is due across major EU countries within nine months, starting with Spain in November, and protests are expected to intensify ahead of the contests.

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