France, especially Paris, has been swept by yellow vest protests since mid-November 2018. While they started initially as rallies against fuel tax hikes, the protests have since grown into a full-scale movement, with participants taking to the streets every Saturday. Activists have taken to the streets of Paris for the 62nd week of yellow vests protests. The protesters gathered at Porte de Champerret,... 

Italian metalworkers march during a protest in Rome on March 9, 2012. Italy’s main labor unions have staged rallies in the capital Rome to protest Prime Minster Mario Monti’s pension reforms that is expected to trap many workers in a legal limbo without retirement pay. The plan will see the retirement age raised and that younger workers will collect smaller pensions than their parents. Monti’s...