Youth unrest across Germany highlights growing European pressure over living costs, public services, climate action and competing fiscal priorities.
French protest turnout fell to 320,000, but cost-of-living and education grievances continue to pose fiscal and political risks.
Italian protests over rents, fuel prices and military spending expose Europe’s growing struggle to reconcile defence commitments with household and social priorities.
Lula won Brazil’s runoff with 51.8%, but Flávio Bolsonaro’s demand to annul the result adds institutional risk to an already fragile economic outlook.
Cost-of-living protests spread across Italy as police reported nine arrests and 371 preliminary detentions amid tighter security and pressure on the Meloni government.
The UK has issued an indefinite license to import diesel and kerosene derived from Russian oil via third countries, easing sanctions amid global energy and economic pressures.