Demonstrators in Nantes took to the streets to demand another stimulus, which the French government has insofar not provided. 100 people were in attendance, many being delegates from unions that wanted restrictions but also a supplement to the workers. Many fear that the riots that began in Italy might soon spill over if businesses are kept closed but nothing is done to sustain French workers.
Thousands of students and teachers in Athens took to the street in opposition to a piece of legislation proposed by Education Minister Niki Kerameos, which would remilitarize university campuses with police for the first time since 1975. Defying the quarantine which banned mass gatherings, demonstrators marched on the Propalyaea in the center of the city. A police presence was mostly absent, and no participants in the protest were arrested.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets to demand the resignation of the ruling right-wing government as well as the immediate release of all protesters detained during the country’s uprising, some of which have been in prison since October 2019.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Cali, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which would enact new taxes on basic goods and services for the lower and middle class in Colombia. Police responded with brutal repression, killing at least 7 protesters and firing indiscriminately with live rounds and tanks.
Hundreds of farmers and agricultural workers from across Catatumbo gathered in Tibú to participate in a march opposing neoliberal policies in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose taxes on basic goods and services, including utility bills such as internet, water, and electricity.
