Danish students join European wave of youth strikes over education cuts

Thousands of young Danes took to the streets on Wednesday to protest over a government plan to cut student allowances, adding to a wave of European youth anger. Under the banner “Enough is Enough”, 11 high school and university student associations marched from Copenhagen’s City Hall Square to parliament over the proposed cuts to free up funds for defence spending.

Student protests that started in France have spread in recent weeks to other European countries. Some 40,000 students were on strike...