# Recent protests have turned violent — is Europe in crisis?

https://mins.news/en/video/111438

- BBC News, 2026-10-22 16:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMvPJWm7QY

> Videos of protests and looting across France have spread on social media and television. Donald Trump said people had “surrendered their country to vandals” and framed unrest in France and elsewhere in Europe as a migration problem. BBC Europe editor Katya Adler discusses how years of discontent and disenfranchisement among young people have brought thousands onto the streets.

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