Why the student protests in France and the government’s response are unprecedented and unpredictable
KEY TAKEAWAYS The mass nationwide movement led by high school students, joined by their parents, teachers and trade unions, brought together 450,000 protesters on October 6 (250,000, according to the French government). French lycée students’ demands for better resources and conditions in schools are recurrent, but what’s new is the global context, the nature of the movement and where it started out: in France’s working suburbs. The government’s response, which first opted for confrontation…
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