France's fed-up youth: Can presidential candidates connect with student movement?
Only one party’s sided vocally with the students since the very start, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed.
France 24 reports: Only one party’s sided vocally with the students since the very start, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed.
Will it be autumn recess to the rescue for a beleaguered French government? Ministers no doubt counting the days until Friday evening when the holidays start in hopes that an unexpected student movement disappears as quickly as it materialized.
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