# 'Popular dissatisfaction' across Europe as growth promises go unfulfilled

https://mins.news/en/video/110816

- France 24 English, 2026-10-22 09:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lQvYxVFu0A

> Oliver Farry welcomes Steven Erlanger, The New York Times’ chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe, based in Berlin. Economic frustration, generational inequality and falling confidence in established political leaders are reshaping democracy across France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Erlanger says promises of stronger economic growth have not come true.

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