France’s youth are outnumbered. Their protests are testing who gets heard
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Students in France have organized protests regarding school funding. These demonstrations have led to a wider national discussion. The unrest has expanded to include frustrations over the cost of living. There are also concerns regarding the actions of the police. The movements show a clash over who is heard in the public sphere.
In France, protesting pupils have managed to spark a national conversation about funding for schools that has morphed into broader unrest over cost-of-living struggles and heavy-handed policing.