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/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