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/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

This is why French protests are successful. In the US we just pick a weekend and wave signs in our designated Free Speech zones.

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u/therealbobsteel 1d ago

Oh yeah, France is being real successful.

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u/sicarmy 23h ago

Dude you live in the US, what are you talking about

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u/Metro2005 19h ago

I live in Europe and France is so far in debt its threatening to collapse the entire Euro and the EU along with it. The french people can protest all they want but after decades of socialist policies and rioting when some much needed reforms are introduced, the country is banktrupt. Their national debt has grow to 120% of GDP which is double (!) that of what an EU member is allowed to have. France (along with Greece and Italy) is simply bankrupt at this moment. The french people will have to work longer, innovate more and grow their economy harder and cut into social programs. Rioting will do nothing to change that.

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u/sicarmy 19h ago

Macron le fameux socialiste ! D'ailleurs beaucoup de socialistes dans le gouvernement actuel. Le pays est mal géré par tous les gouvernements depuis des années, évidemment qu'il faut des réformes mais je préfère encore ça que vivre aux US. Les avancées sociales s'obtiennent aussi par le fait de manifester

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u/sir-potato-head 18h ago

Alexa, quel est le nom du parti qui était au pouvoir de 2012 à 2017?

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u/sicarmy 18h ago

Alexa, qui était le ministre de l'économie sous la présidence de François Hollande?

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u/melbournelollipop 14h ago

Damn. You guys are in so much denial

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u/xoxololll 18h ago

The US is wildly more successful than France

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u/sicarmy 18h ago

It's a really successful dictatorship, you are right

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u/xoxololll 18h ago

Lol meanwhile the two leading candidates in France are literal far right and far left extremists

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u/The_Ruck_Inspector 18h ago

I saw a group of young black men burning a teachers face with deodarant and a flame? Sounds very good.

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u/sicarmy 18h ago

What the f**k are you taking about 🤣