Massive protests are sweeping Europe on Saturday as part of demonstrations driven by the cost of living and deficient public services, with police bracing for potential violence after recent looting and riots.
\n\nGermany, France, Spain and Italy are among the nations facing demonstrations on Halloween following a recent wave of Gen Z-led marches across the continent.
\n\nFrench officials said they would deploy 70,000 police on Saturday following some of the worst rioting in decades, which erupted in cities across the country after student protests about the state of education evolved into wider demonstrations about the cost of living and social security.
\n\nAs the demonstrations began Saturday afternoon in Paris, protesters were pictured holding a banner that read: “We do not need tear gas for our future to be blurry.”
\n\nVideos vetted by NBC News show large crowds and fires burning in Marseille.
\n\nWhile the protests have been largely peaceful, police arrested 1,300 people last week after an estimated 410,000 took to the streets in cities across the country. Stores, public buildings and businesses have also been damaged since the protests erupted last month.
\n\n“Everyone is on deck to ensure an extremely firm response to any trouble,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez…
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