More than 50,000 people massed near Parliament on Dec. 8 to protest a 200 percent hike in university tuition. Some tried to storm the Westminster building that houses the Conservative Party. The next night, a mob attacked the Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, to the theater, breaking a window and splattering white paint on the vehicle. One million people demonstrated in Paris and other cities on Sept. 7 against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.
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