# Riots and looting overshadow nationwide protests in Germany

https://mins.news/en/video/124360

- DW News, 2026-11-01 12:37 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5HnA8atyU0

> Youth-led protests across Germany have been eclipsed by riots, looting and violent confrontations with police. Shops were ransacked in Frankfurt and police were targeted with Molotov cocktails; disturbances also broke out in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. Tens of thousands of young people protested rising living costs, poor education and Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government.

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