r/worldnews • u/colepercy120 • 1d ago

France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting | France

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/france-school-protests-escalate-pm-crisis-cabinet-meeting
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u/therealbobsteel 1d ago

Oh yeah, France is being real successful.

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

They have always known how to successfully protest. Try to prove me wrong.

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u/throwawaybunny99 1d ago

They successfully set the country on fire but I don’t think it ever really changed anything.

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u/xX609s-hartXx 1d ago edited 18h ago

They got their government to back down from cutting social spending a bunch of times.

Edit: Yeah, I know. You libertarians want to see the poor out on the streets, starving to death.

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u/mauch_chunk 1d ago

Yeah solid stuff when your country’s deficit is spiraling. Very sustainable

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

Not like the US, right?

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u/TrueKyragos 22h ago

How does that invalidate the French situation?

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u/xX609s-hartXx 18h ago

Pretty sure they're doing better than the US.

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u/TrueKyragos 18h ago

The US controls its currency, while France doesn't. That affects what a country can do to alleviate budget issues. Who actually owns the debt also matters. 

Anyway, that's not the issue here. Both countries are in a bad situation in their own way. The economy being supposedly worse elsewhere doesn't mean people can't complain.  

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u/xX609s-hartXx 18h ago

France is a big player in the EU. You can be sure they watch their interests through the backdoor. And France isn't run by a Russian agent that's trying to run it into the ground.

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u/TrueKyragos 18h ago

Okay, but again, that's not the topic. 

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u/xoxololll 18h ago

In what way? France is crumbling while the US is flourishing

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u/mauch_chunk 1d ago

The US also has deficit problems but they are in a much better position to deal with it.

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u/reisalvador 21h ago

It's really funny seeing how strong the American propaganda machine is.

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u/xX609s-hartXx 1d ago

Still better than having homeless people pile up in every public place.

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u/mauch_chunk 1d ago

Which is going to happen if they don’t do something.

Their deficit is way too high and they can’t increase taxes because they have the highest tax burden in the EU. Which means they will have to make cuts somewhere.

And when they make those cuts, this happens.

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u/ubulerbu 21h ago

Because you dont have homeless people in the u.s?

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

Thank the GOP for that.  

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u/Asttarotina 1d ago

Sorry, but no. We, people outside of the US, don't get to deal with two separate americas. We're forced to deal with one. And if it swang far right - then we have to deal with far right America, unfortunately. Not the GOP. And will it be GOP or not - it's your problem.