Police arrested 34 people during unrest in The Hague as protests swept through a dozen European countries, sometimes ending in violence and heavy crackdowns. In France, police arrested about 565 people on Saturday during demonstrations across the country, with four police officers and one gendarme injured in Paris. In Germany, police arrested five people on Saturday after disturbances at a “Gen Z” protest in central Cologne. Germany saw tens of thousands of young people take to the streets in Berlin, Frankfurt and Cologne, responding to a call from “GenZ regelt” to protest run-down schools, the rising cost of living, possible reintroduction of military service, and global warming. While demonstrations were peaceful, looting and riots in Frankfurt and Cologne required police intervention. In Albania, anti-government protests that began in May over a coastal tourism development project linked to associates of US President Donald Trump escalated after mid-October. Around 300 people were injured, nearly two-thirds police officers, according to figures from the Interior ministry, as police were targeted with stones, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnic devices. Police responded with water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets. In Belgium, clashes involving schoolchildren and students erupted in several cities, with particularly serious unrest in Liège. Fires and vandalism led authorities to briefly ban gatherings, while police used water cannon and tear gas. Spain’s protests flared after the eviction of an 80-year-old woman from her home in Madrid and her death two weeks later. Protest camps remained in some cities, and Spain’s main trade unions called a general strike for 11 November. In France, hundreds of thousands marched on three consecutive Saturdays in October, denouncing the rising cost of living. Authorities reported 410,000 demonstrators, while organisers put the figure at 800,000. Hundreds were detained during police operations, and France imposed curfews and banned some demonstrations. Italy’s 30 October protests involving students and workers were mostly peaceful, though Italy deployed soldiers and passed a security decree easing rules on the detention of minors. In the latest status reported, police have made arrests in France, Germany and the Netherlands, while multiple countries report ongoing clashes and injuries tied to demonstrations.