Protests in France: "Living Conditions Are Too Harsh"
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Hundreds of thousands demonstrated peacefully on Saturday for better living conditions and education. The violence of extreme groups remains in memory, and the government leaves room for them.
Protests in France: "Living conditions are too harsh"
Saturday’s mobilisation in France follows calls on social media to revive the Yellow Vests movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice. Student groups protesting since mid-September have urged supporters to join. We discuss this with our journalist on the ground, Antonia Kerrigan, and our guest, Paul Smith, head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham.
Around 250 rallies and demonstrations are expected in different parts of the country. Calls cover at least 80 cities.
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in marches called by former yellow vest protesters and students in major French cities on Saturday to protest against living conditions.
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