A McDonald’s near Gare de l’Est was ransacked and a neighborhood café was burned out as demonstrations over the rising cost of living in Paris escalated into widespread looting and violence targeting food businesses, grocery stores and a wine shop. Curfews were issued in two places and several European governments advised travelers to avoid large crowds.
Remember the pension protests? Fizzled into trash fires and a shrug. Now they’re torching cafés—because apparently hunger has better aim.