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Fuel-price anger feeds unrest and far-right gains across Europe
France is the sharpest flashpoint in a continental cost-of-living backlash as war-driven energy shocks reshape campaigns before major elections.
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France is the sharpest flashpoint in a continental cost-of-living backlash as war-driven energy shocks reshape campaigns before major elections.
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High-school students demanding better classrooms, staffing and funding clashed with police across France, while the government combined mass arrests, closures and promises of dialogue amid escalating violence.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Erfurt as the far-right Alternative for Germany held its party congress, reelecting Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla while police managed attempted blockades and sit-ins around the venue.