Protests across Europe for a fifth consecutive weekend

In France and other European cities, protests ensue for the fifth consecutive weekend.

Issues driving the protests include the rising cost of living and better conditions in education.

Police fire tear gas as protesters disperse at the end of a protest march in Paris Saturday, flaring tensions of what was an otherwise peaceful protest.

According to the Interior Ministry 106,000 people took to the streets across France on Saturday, including 24,000 in Paris, to protest against police violence, rising living costs and deteriorating public services

particularly education. Authorities reported 121 arrests nationwide as of 5pm.

Turnout was lower than the previous week when 146,000 people demonstrated across France including 46,000 in Paris.

Students protest in the Albanian capital Tirana in a series of anti-government demonstrations that began in early October. Protesters burned rubbish bins, blocked city roads

and smashed windows.

Architecture student Laura Kotalli said "I have been protesting since day one, and it is a protest of citizens of Albania against corruption, against poverty and against what our

government has been doing wrong. And we're protesting for a better life in Albania.

In Berlin, Germany, hundreds of mostly young protesters took to the streets Saturday evening for a demonstration organised by the "Gen Z regelt" initiative, roughly meaning "Gen Z's got this."

The protesters marched along the city's Kurfurstendamm, one of the city's main shopping boulevards, chanting anti-fascist slogans and criticising the government over issues such as military

service and social cuts.

In Bern, Switzerland, protesters gathered for a "Men against violence against women," demonstration at Bundesplatz square outside the Swiss parliament.

Itziar Maranon, director of progressive advocacy group, Campax said "I think it's really crucial that young men hear from older men, that they listen, they see in the social media that this directed to them to make them as sexist as possible, that this is not the way to be on this planet or be in a society. And also... but I think if women, if we tell them that, they are going listen less than if men tell them that. That is the reality."