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Age Rift Behind Protests
Experts say “generational conflict” is helping fuel protests in European cities: pensions for older people account for a large share of spending, while services for young people are underfunded. Tensions are worsening as defense costs, debt servicing, rents and housing costs rise. Meanwhile, only 38% of Europeans aged 15 to 30 believe policymakers consider the long-term effects of their decisions. Pension systems account for around 40% of spending on social protection programs in the European Union, deepening young people’s sense of intergenerational injustice.
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