Photos: Youth-led rallies sweep Germany照片:青年主导的集会席卷德国
Tens of thousands take to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs.
![A person in a Batman costume near a fire on a street in Frankfurt, Germany, during nationwide protests on Halloween. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-01T020507Z_1374965182_RC2LEOAUEFNE_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-PROTEST-1793514292.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Tens of thousands take to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs.
A person in a Batman costume near a fire on a street in Frankfurt, Germany, during nationwide protests on Halloween. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
Large demonstrations have taken place across Germany, and some have descended into violence with police firing water cannon at people throwing Molotov cocktails.
Several police officers were injured on Saturday after tens of thousands of people joined youth-led protests across the country organised by the group “Gen Z regelt” (Gen Z has got this).
The demonstrations, inspired by similar movements in France and Italy, remained largely peaceful during the day.
But tensions escalated in the evening as groups of young people refused to disperse. Violence was reported in major cities, including Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
“Gen Z regelt” said about 120,000 people took part in the protests, below the roughly 180,000 it had expected.
Police officers confront protesters during the demonstration in Cologne. [Christopher Neundorf/EPA]
Protesters march through the streets of Cologne. [Ina Fassbender/AFP]
German authorities say the demonstrations on October 31, 2026, were largely peaceful. [Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP]
People attend a demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. [Ralf Hirschberger/AFP]
Police are deployed at the demonstration in Dusseldorf. [Buesra Tasdemir/EPA]
Police use water cannon to disperse protesters in Cologne. [Kadir Ilboga/Anadolu]
Police detain a protestor in Berlin. [Volodymyr Sindieiev/Anadolu]
People loot a gun store during protests in Frankfurt. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
Several police officers were injured in the violence on October 31, 2026. [Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters]
德国各大城市数万民众走上街头,要求改善教育和降低生活成本。
在德国法兰克福,一名身穿蝙蝠侠服装的人出现在街头的一处火堆旁,当时正值万圣节全国抗议活动期间。[Kai Pfaffenbach/路透社]
德国各地爆发了大规模示威游行,部分游行演变成暴力冲突,警方动用水炮驱散投掷燃烧弹的人群。
周六,数万民众参加了由青年领导的、在全国各地举行的抗议活动,这些抗议活动由“Gen Z regelt”(Z世代搞定了)组织发起。抗议活动中,多名警察受伤。
受法国和意大利类似运动的启发,这些示威活动在白天基本保持和平。
但到了晚上,紧张局势升级,一些年轻人拒绝散去。包括法兰克福、柏林、科隆和汉堡在内的主要城市都报告了暴力事件。
“Gen Z regelt”表示,约有12万人参加了抗议活动,低于此前预期的约18万人。
在科隆的示威活动中,警察与抗议者发生冲突。[克里斯托弗·诺伊恩多夫/EPA]
抗议者在科隆街头游行。[伊娜·法斯宾德/法新社]
德国当局称,2026年10月31日的示威活动总体上是和平的。[Kirill Kudryavtsev/法新社]
人们参加在柏林市中心勃兰登堡门举行的示威活动。 [拉尔夫·赫施伯格/法新社]
警方已部署警力维持杜塞尔多夫示威活动的秩序。[Buesra Tasdemir/EPA]
科隆警方动用水炮驱散示威者。[Kadir Ilboga/Anadolu]
警方在柏林拘留了一名抗议者。 [弗拉基米尔·辛迪耶夫/阿纳多卢]
在法兰克福的抗议活动中,人们洗劫了一家枪支商店。[Kai Pfaffenbach/路透社]
2026年10月31日发生的暴力事件中,多名警察受伤。[Kai Pfaffenbach/路透社]