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European youth are getting restless. How is the media portraying them?
By Angelo Boccato
Recent protests across several European countries have captured headlines across the globe, but how inclusive has the media been and whose narratives have they focused on?
Several European countries have witnessed protests in these last weeks and months, from the student-led ones in France to the Flamingo Revolution in Albania, the protests for social housing in Spain, and the most recent demonstrations against the cost-of-living crisis in Italy. They have more recently been joined by protests across Germany against the high cost of living, underfunding in schools and public spending cuts.
In Serbia, the student movement, which has spent years protesting the rule of President Aleksandar Vučić, managed to defeat him in the October elections, ending his 14 years in power.
While the factors leading the movements differ from country to country, it is difficult not to detect a common dissatisfaction with some of ...Read more
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