Unions and housing collectives schedule multi-country protests in November
Several cities · pinned on Paris, France · since Nov 20, 2026
Is it still on?
SOONAnnounced for Nov 20. Not started yet.
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The Tea in three lines
- Why they are protesting
- Rising cost of living, soaring housing prices, inflation, and increasing military rearmament across European nations.
- What they want
- Housing price controls, higher wages and pensions, wealth taxation, public services funding, and an end to rearmament.
- What changed
- Nov 3: Representatives from seven European countries met in Paris to announce coordinated protests for November 20, 21, and 22.
Both sides
What protesters want
- Housing price controls and housing rights guarantee
- Increased wages and pensions
- Taxation of the wealthy
- End to European rearmament policies
- Public services funding including education and healthcare
Organised by: Confederação de Sindicatos de Inquilinas do Estado espanhol, Sindicato de Moradoras de Lisboa, Climáximo, Estudantes pelo Fim ao Fóssil, Confédération Générale du Travail, Gilets Jaunes
What authorities say
No official response reported in the sources.
The full story
Trade unions, tenant collectives, and advocacy groups from seven European nations gathered in Paris to announce coordinated multi-country demonstrations scheduled for November 20, 21, and 22. Convened by the Confederation of Spanish Tenants' Unions, the meeting brought together participants from Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Portugal. The participants demand housing price controls, higher wages, increased pensions, improved public services, wealth taxation, and an end to European rearmament policies. The organizers stated their intention to mobilize millions of people across the participating countries to address the escalating cost of living and housing crisis.
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