Riot police with dogs stormed protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, charging at demonstrators with batons, arresting 13 people and leaving dozens injured in the latest confrontation over Portugal’s housing crisis. Clashes quickly broke out as dozens of officers moved in on an encampment in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and a smaller camp in
Clashes broke out as officers again dispersed housing protesters from tent camps in Lisbon and Porto. Portuguese police have repeatedly cleared tent camps erected across both cities in recent weeks.
Dozens of officers, some accompanied by police dogs, moved into Rossio Square in Lisbon early on Sunday.
“I think it’s really important to show solidarity with all the other protests currently happening across Europe, including in France,” Milla, a 20-year-old student who only gave her first name, told AFP in Berlin. Berlin has been in contact with officials in France and Italy amid fears that radicals from overseas could seek to join the Germ
Over 320,000 people protested around France in a third weekend of demonstrations against the rising cost of living and poor public services.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."