'On the brink': Why French high school revolt is not the only problem facing France
Welcome to a new episode of Talking France, a special episode it turns out, because we find ourselves in the midst of a new major protest movement in France.
This one is being led by high school students, who are fed up with the state of the education system and fear they don’t have much future ahead of them. Their movement, which has seen lycees blockaded, is supported by students, parents, teachers, unions and several political parties.
In the last week or so we’ve seen thousands of young people arrested, we’ve had hundreds of school students, education staff and police officers left…
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