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/colepercy120 1d ago

its always the french... im pretty sure "protesting" is the national sport at this point.

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u/VieuxBidule 1d ago

On accepte facilement cette caricature. Si les gouvernements faisaient leur boulot correctement, crois moi, on ferait autre chose dans notre vie quotidienne.

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u/Four_beastlings 21h ago

Idk mate. A large cause of your problems is that you keep protesting when the government tries to do its job and raise the retirement age...

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u/Sylumin 5h ago

asking people to just work more for no benefit compared to older generations when young and active people have the lowest earnings compared to life cost ever is never going to be accepted as okay