Cost of Living Protests Turn Violent in Germany
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People in Germany joined big protests about prices. The protests happened in many cities. These cities included Berlin, Hamburg, and Frankfurt.
Some protests turned violent. People broke into shops. They took things from the shops. This is called looting.
People are angry about the cost of living. Prices for food and homes are very high. Many families cannot pay for everything they need.
On the same day, people in France also protested. Hundreds of thousands of people joined these protests in France.
The protests in both countries show that many people are worried about money. They want their governments to help.
Vocabulary15 words
- protest
- when people go to the street to show they are angry
- violent
- using force to hurt people or break things
- looting
- taking things from shops without paying
- cost of living
- the money people need for food, home, and things
- cities
- big towns where many people live
- angry
- feeling strong bad feelings about something
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- prices
- how much money things cost
- families
- groups of people like parents and children
- worried
- feeling unhappy about something that might happen
- joined
- went together with other people to do something
- shops
- places where people buy things
- broke into
- went into a place by force
- same day
- one day, not different days
- help
- to do something good for someone
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1. In cities including Berlin, Hamburg, and Frankfurt 2. They looted them 3. True
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