School conditions, unaffordable housing and the cost of living have brought demonstrators on to the streets in several countries

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Young people have been taking to the streets across Europe, including in Spain, France and Portugal, to protest over their unhappiness at the state of schools and the wider cost of living crisis.

In France, high school pupils have clashed with police in often violent protests over long hours, missing teachers, dilapidated classrooms and an opaque university admissions system. Pupils routinely miss months of teaching due to unfilled staff absences.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the country to demonstrate against rising fuel prices and the cost of living

• Police clash with protesters as tens of thousands take to streets across France