School protests send shivers down French government's spine
Because youth movements are unpredictable and shapeless, often with no clear structure to negotiate with. Because when they protest, other groups join in.Also: because as they're young, the public tends to sympathise. And because if the police mess up and cause injury or worse, then the consequences are incalculable.
- ▪Because youth movements are unpredictable and shapeless, often with no clear structure to negotiate with.
- ▪Because when they protest, other groups join in.Also: because as they're young, the public tends to sympathise.
- ▪And because if the police mess up and cause injury or worse, then the consequences are incalculable.
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School protests send shivers down French government's spineImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Since the infamous protests of 1968, French governments have known the power of young people taking to the streetsByHugh SchofieldParis correspondentPublished37 minutes agoIt is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble.Since the student protests of May 1968 – memorably described by President De Gaulle as chienlit (bed defecation, in other words chaos) – every government has run scared of angry French youth.Why? Because youth movements are unpredictable and shapeless, often with no clear structure to negotiate with.
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