Explainer: What Is the Real Reason Behind the Student Protests in France, Why Did the Protests Escalate and Where Did the Situation Worsen?
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The unrest over lack of teachers and marauding schools in France is escalating. It is often unclear whether there are still students who set fire to it. Ryad Rani has become the face of the movement – an 18-year-old activist associated with La France Insoumise.
Libération's correspondent speaks of a "almost existential" revolt. "The value of merit and the opportunities offered to these children are at stake. The president, for ten years at the "Elysée," leaves an even more polarized, fragmented and radicalized society. And the National Rassemblement, which had undertaken to reduce to almost nothing, is today the first party of the country."
The student protests in France have been hijacked by hardened rioters – and by politics. Six months before the presidential elections, the role of the far-left La France Insoumise is being called into question.
Explainer: What is the real reason behind the student protests in France, why did the protests escalate and where did the situation worsen?
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