The Politics Behind The French Riots

Today, French cities were been given the power to implement partial curfews after violence across France over the weekend.

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for protests against falling education standards and the rising cost of living.

There were outbreaks of rioting, looting, and arson, after weeks of student-led rallies across the country. Adam iss joined by the Financial Times’ Paris bureau chief, Leila Abboud, and Politico’s chief Europe correspondent, Marion Solletty, to discuss the situation on the ground, and how the government might respond just six months before the French presidential election.

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