00:01As part of a series of cost-of-living protests that swept across Europe,
00:06Portugal also saw many people take to the streets across the country
00:09to demonstrate against the deepening cost-of-living and housing crisis.
00:14In Lisbon, thousands gathered in Rocio, one of the most iconic squares of the Portuguese capital.
00:20Many of them had tents and set up a camp in the square.
00:24The Lisbon protest follows a similar one in Porto earlier in the week,
00:28where many had set up tents that were eventually removed by the city council.
00:33The society as we started to collapse, in the sense that our generation,
00:40unfortunately, having a decent salary,
00:45a decent salary, cannot have a future life,
00:50namely to be able to buy a house, to be able to create a family, etc.
00:58Costs of living protests also took place in France, Belgium and Italy on Saturday.
01:03In France, mass demonstrations drew more than half a million participants.
01:07Police detained a record number of 855 people.
01:12Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protests in Belgium.
01:16Clashes between demonstrators and police led to 10 arrests.
01:21Also in Italy, protests escalated into confrontations,
01:25with the most intense tensions reported in Milan.
01:28Demonstrations also took place in Turin and Bologna.
01:31Positively passed a subject.
