PARIS (The Thursday Times) — Police ne Hafte ko Paris aur Lyon mein aansu gas aur Cologne mein water cannon ka istemal kiya, jab zyada tar naujawanon par mushtamil lakhon afrad ne mehngai, khasta haal schools aur katautiyon ke khilaf France aur Germany bhar mein march kiya, jo Europe mein phailti Gen Z ehtijaji tehreek ki taza lehar hai.
Faransisi hukkam ke mutabiq musalsal teesre weekend ke muzahiron mein 3 lakh 20 hazar afrad shareek hue, jin mein 70,000 Paris mein thay, jabke naujawanon ke groups aur student unions ne kaha ke taqreeban 5 lakh afrad ne hissa liya. March pur-aman taur par shuru hue lekin Paris ke markazi raste ke ikhtitam ke qareeb hujoom jama hone par pur-tashaddud ho gaye, aur koode danon aur sarak ke saman ko aag laga di gayi. Darul hukoomat ke mazafat mein naqab posh groups ne farsh ke patthar ukhar kar police par phenke. Wazarat-e-Dakhla ke mutabiq mulk bhar mein kam az kam 290 afrad ko giraftar kiya gaya.
Taqreeban 70,000 police ahlkar aur gendarmes tainat kiye gaye, aur Wazir-e-Dakhla Laurent Nuñez ne Halloween ki raat andhera hone ke baad hungama arai ke "bohat zyada khatre" se khabardar kiya tha. Aakhri lamhat ki adalti jang ke baad Paris ka markazi march shehar ke mashriqi kinare par muntaqil kar diya gaya, aur Champs-Élysées ke atraf baghair sarparast nabalighon par raat 9 baje se curfew nafiz raha. Wazir-e-Azam Sébastien Lecornu ne is hafte student unions se mulaqat ki hai aur woh mehngai mein kami ke iqdamat par ghaur kar rahe hain.
Yeh tehreek guzishta mahine high school ke talaba ke ehtijaj se shuru hui, jo khasta haal imaraton, asatiza ki kami aur university dakhlon ke us nizam ke khilaf thay jise ghareeb talaba ke saath na-insafi samjha jata hai, aur baad mein unions bhi is mein shamil ho gayin. 17 October ke muzahiron mein 5 lakh se zyada afrad shareek hue aur yeh barson mein France ke badtareen fasadat mein se aik ban gaye.
"Gen Z sambhal legi"
Germany mein Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne aur darjanon deegar shehron mein "GenZ regelt!" (Gen Z sambhal legi) naami group ke zer-e-ehtimam marchon mein muzahireen nikle, aur muntazimeen ke mutabiq 30 se zyada shehron mein muzahiron ke liye 1 lakh 70 hazar afrad ne indiraj karaya. Cologne mein police ne yeh kehte hue hujoom ko muntashir karne ke liye water cannon ka istemal kiya ke muzahireen ne ahlkaron ko aatish bazi se nishana banaya tha. Hamburg mein rukawaton ko aag laga di gayi, aur Berlin mein muzahireen ne botlein aur ande phenke.
March karne walon ne "Muzahamat ka waqt" aur "Merz ko jana hoga" ke naaron wale placards utha rakhe thay, jin ka ishara Chancellor Friedrich Merz ki taraf tha. Tehreek ki tarjuman Veronika Dinter ne kaha, "Hum aik aisi zindagi ke liye sarkon par nikal rahe hain jo har koi bardasht kar sake. Agar sab kuch yun hi chalta raha to ab shayad hi koi behtar mustaqbil par yaqeen rakhta ho." Muzahireen fauji akhrajat mein tezi se izafe aur aik nayi razakarana service scheme ki bhi mukhalifat kar rahe hain, jis ke bare mein unhein khadsha hai ke yeh lazmi fauji bharti ki bahali ki jaanib aik qadam hai.
Spain mein Barcelona ki police intehai chaukas rahi, jahan 24 October ke fasadat ke baad taqreeban 130 afrad giraftar hue thay, jin mein zyada tar nabaligh thay.
