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Student anger over poor educational environments and soaring prices is spilling onto the streets across Europe. The spreading protests are also shaking the political landscapes of various countries.

Here is a report by Gwak Sang-eun.

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Protesters and police clash in a street engulfed in tear gas.

Explosions ring out one after another, and water cannons are deployed.

Student protests in France demanding better educational conditions have entered their fourth week.

Teachers, parents, and even labor unions have joined in, transforming the demonstrations into protests against skyrocketing rent and living costs.

[Robinson / French High School Student : The government thinks the protest momentum will cool down over time, but we will not stop until our voices are heard.]

In Albania, university students also took to the streets demanding improved educational conditions and the resignation of the prime minister.

Government office windows were shattered into pieces by stones thrown by protesters, and the buildings of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice were engulfed in flames.

[Enida Vimi / Albanian Protester : Everything must change. Corruption is rampant everywhere, and all kinds of problems, including crime, continue to occur.]

In Spain, where sit-in protests continue in opposition to soaring rents, teachers have gone on an indefinite strike demanding better educational conditions, and Greek university students have occupied Athens Square to protest high rents, education costs, and energy prices.

[Eleftheria Giannoula / Greek University Student : We are joining our voices with young students in Spain and France.]

The anger on the streets is shaking the political landscape.

In France, with the presidential election about six months away, far-left parties supporting the student protests are growing in prominence to counter the surging far-right party. In Spain, after a rent control bill intended to appease protesters was voted down by a conservative-dominated parliament, the prime minister dissolved parliament and decided to hold a snap election.

In Berlin, Germany, where the rent crisis is also severe, a left-wing party that pledged to publicize some 200,000 private rental homes became the top party in the state legislature election for the first time in history last month.

(Video Editing: Cho Moo-hwan)