Gen Z In Rebellion For An Uncertain Future

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Across Europe and beyond, a generation is on the move. In France, high school students who began protesting over crumbling classrooms have sparked one of the largest social movements the country has seen in years. In Italy, students occupied schools in solidarity with their French peers. In Albania, young people have been in the streets for nearly five months demanding an end to corruption. And in Serbia, a student movement born from protest is today challenging the ruling party at the ballot box.

The causes differ from country to country, but the message is strikingly similar: young people believe the promise of a better life than their parents’ is slipping away, and they want change.

France: From Classrooms to the Streets

The French movement started in mid-September, when students aged 15 to 18 began protesting against teacher shortages, leaking and crumbling school buildings, and classrooms so overcrowded that there were not enough chairs. Teachers, parents and trade unions soon joined in, turning it into the country’s biggest youth movement in years.