US Travel Warnings as Europe Protests Spread in Portugal, Germany
Summary
The U.S. State Department issued a security alert for Americans in Portugal as protests over housing costs and living expenses continued in Lisbon and Porto. Demonstrations also took place in more than 30 German cities, with clashes, looting and injuries reported, while France saw another weekend of large protests.Key Facts
- The State Department advised U.S. citizens in Portugal to stay alert and avoid Lisbon’s Rossio Square and Praça Dom João I in Porto.
- Police cleared a protest camp in Lisbon’s Rossio Square in the early hours of November 1.
- Thousands marched in Lisbon on October 31 to protest housing costs.
- Protests took place in more than 30 German cities, including Berlin, Cologne and Munich.
- The German youth group Gen Z regelt called for better education, more public-service investment and affordable living conditions, and opposed a possible return to compulsory military service.
- In Frankfurt, authorities said 17 shops were damaged and five were looted; police arrested 54 people aged 13 to 29.
- Frankfurt police reported that more than 100 officers were injured during clashes.
- Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in France over the weekend, according to the article.
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