# Analysis: Youth protests across Europe reflect fears over education, costs and defence

https://mins.news/en/video/104900

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-18 02:30 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-SouBo-Uck

> Student and youth protests that began in France in September are spreading to several European countries. HEC Paris professor Alberto Alemanno describes France as the epicentre, citing clashes and more than 100 arrests in Liège, Belgium, and school occupations in Italy under the slogan “Let’s do as in France”.

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