Gen Z rules

14 o'clock

“Gen Z regulates” – this is the motto under which tens of thousands of schoolchildren, students and young people are taking to the streets today to express their anger at the federal government. More than 180,000 protesters across Germany have officially announced their presence in over 30 cities.

The protests do not come from anywhere, but are part of a movement that is sweeping across Europe: student protests for better education in France, protest camps and huge demonstrations against high rent prices in Portugal and Spain, strikes and protests against high costs of living in Italy, mass movements against corruption in Albania and Serbia - all over the continent, the population is becoming increasingly vocal about their interests.

This wave is now spilling over into Germany. For weeks, the pent-up anger against a broken education system, the Merz government's social cuts and the rising cost of living has been coming to the surface more and more. On the one hand, via social media, where under the slogan “Gen Z rules”, more and more young people are becoming aware that the German state is not acting in their interest and are calling for resistance. On the other hand, more and more often in the real world, where students express their resistance by blocking educational institutions.

However, the state was also eagerly preparing for today's day of action. While the police and media never tire of warning about “riots” like those in France, politicians and some associations are trying to defame the protests and divide them into “good, peaceful” and “bad, violent” ones. Today it will be up to the protesters to overcome these attempts at division and speak out for their interests.

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