Hawzah News Agency- The protests ‌followed a wave of Gen Z-led demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activism helped unseat the country’s longtime leader at the ballot box, while protests in France have descended into rioting and looting.

In Frankfurt, Germany’s financial hub, at least two stores were looted as protests turned violent, with several more damaged and police trying to get the situation under control.

The protests ‌followed a wave of Gen Z-led demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activism helped unseat the country’s longtime leader at the ballot box, while protests in France have descended into rioting and looting.

“We are here today to fight for peace and freedom, rather than for war and coercion,” Gen Z regelt spokesperson Lina Friedrich said in Berlin on Saturday.

What matters most to us is better support for the health and education systems. We are against compulsory military service and we are in favour of a fairer distribution of the burden.

“We all have those images from France in our minds — looting, burning houses, burning police vehicles, and attacks on police officers,” said Roman Poseck, interior minister for the state of Hesse, which includes Germany’s financial hub, Frankfurt.

Organisers have focused on what they see as the growing pressure on younger generations in Europe’s ⁠largest economy.

Germany has struggled to revive economic growth. The country also faces growing pressure on pensions and ⁠public services as baby boomers retire and the working-age population shrinks.

Source: Reuters