# Violence rocks France as protests spread across Europe

https://mins.news/en/video/105830

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-19 06:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wGDi1AWnmE

> After protests in France deteriorated into looting and fires over the weekend, President Emmanuel Macron vowed a “hard line.” Cost-of-living concerns behind demonstrations by more than half a million people in France have spread to other countries, where protests have also taken place in Italy, Belgium and Portugal.

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