Protest..

 

Last September, Italians in Rome, Milan and Naples burned their energy bills in a coordinated protest against soaring prices. 

In October, thousands took to French streets to decry government inaction over the high cost of living. And in November, Spanish workers rallied for higher wages, chanting “salary or conflict.” 

Researchers have defined an unprecedented global wave of more than 12,500 protests across 148 countries over food, fuel and cost of living increases in 2022. And the largest were in Western Europe.

Prices of food and especially energy were pushed up first by the war in Ukraine and enhanced it by additional USA sanctions on Russia's Energy.