PARIS -- Cost-of-living protests spread across Europe on Wednesday, from eviction-threatened pensioners in Lisbon to rent demonstrators in Madrid, tent camps in Barcelona and clashes in Milan, as French President Emmanuel Macron accused Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and other foreign leaders of making "unacceptable and stupid" comments about France's unrest for political gain.

In Portugal, retiree Maria Teresa Faleiro joined crowds in Lisbon with a sign reading "I am 81 and being evicted" after her landlords refused to renew her lease despite 22 years of payment.

In A Coruña, Spain, about 1,000 to 5,000 people demonstrated outside an event featuring Vox leader Santiago Abascal. Police charged demonstrators after some threw firecrackers, chairs and stones, injuring twelve officers and several protesters; two people were detained.

Two journalists were also injured by thrown objects. The demonstration was organized by socialist youth groups, Galiza Nova and a local housing union, with slogans including "Out fascists from Galicia".

In Portugal, housing protesters vowed to return to Lisbon's Rossio square on Wednesday night after police cleared their encampment earlier in the week, and 55 detained activists appeared before a small criminal court. "This is not over," the Movement for Housing said in a statement, announcing a Saturday demonstration.

In Italy, truckers' protests against fuel prices entered a seventh day around Naples, blockading logistics warehouses and disrupting fresh food deliveries, with shelves emptying in some supermarkets in Naples and Sicily.

Diesel prices are about 30 percent higher than before the West Asia crisis, after a temporary tax cut expired earlier this month. At Milan's La Scala opera house, staff have been on strike since Oct. 12 demanding higher pay.

Speaking in Doha, Macron said "manipulation of information" after Saturday's riots had led to "comments that are as unacceptable as they are stupid, from many people, including foreign leaders".

Asked if he meant Trump, he replied: "Among others." Trump has blamed France's violence on "migrants, jihadists and communists," while Netanyahu said France had suffered an "invasion of extremist Islam".

Macron said AI-generated images were circulating "depicting scenes that never actually happened in France".

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu met union leaders on Wednesday, with the CGT demanding a minimum wage increase, inflation compensation for salaries and more investment in schools and public services.

The Yellow Vests have filed plans for a march through central Paris on Saturday, and student groups have called protests the same day. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said Sentinelle counter-terrorism troops would reinforce police.