Why are investors revolting against executive pay across Europe?

Workers strike across Europe over wage stagnation and budget cuts. [https://invezz.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Protesters-on-street.png] Across Europe, frustration over soaring executive pay and government austerity has been boiling over into strikes, protests, and even shareholder revolts. By September 2025, the unrest has taken on a broad scale, fueled by widening pay gaps and deeper economic inequality. The mix of budget cuts in the public sector and rising executive compensation has only added to the anger, especially in France, where unions are gearing up for nationwide strikes and demonstrations against new cuts set to roll out later this month. EUROPE’S WORKERS VS EXECUTIVE PAY Wages aren’t going up, the cost of living keeps climbing, and yet the top executives at big European companies are raking in more than ever. No wonder people are angry as workers feel the squeeze, investors notice the gap, and it just looks unfair. A lot of the current labor unrest seems to be coming from this frustration over CEO pay, which isn’t too different from what happened in the US a few years back, when workers were protesting the same…