Gen Z protests in Germany: Is France-style violence looming?

As politicians in Germany look ahead to the coming weekend, many fear that cities across the country could witness the kind of violent unrest that recently shook France . An initiative known as " Gen Z regelt " ("Gen Z sorts it") has launched a social media campaign calling for demonstrations in 23 cities nationwide. "Gen Z" broadly refers to the generation born between 1995 and 2010. Many feel that their parents' generation has done too little to combat climate change and has allowed the gap between rich and poor to widen ever further. At the same time, they are concerned about their educational prospects and future opportunities in Western societies. In France, what began as largely peaceful protests recently spiraled into serious unrest .