France and Germany braced for unrest with hundreds of demonstrations planned – Europe live
French interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, warned earlier this week of a ‘very high risk of public disorder’ Organisers of the protests in Germany have rejected warnings from authorities that violent groups could seek to infiltrate the demonstrations. Gen Z regelt (Gen Z is sorting it), the group behind the protests, has urged supporters to demonstrate peacefully. It is anticipating more than 160,000 people to turn out today to demand increased funding for schools, measures to tackle the rising c…

