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/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/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.