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Student protests in Paris met with police violence

Original: I see what’s happening here in Paris: reasonable student demands met with awful violence

Opinion writer Helen Massy-Beresford argues that student protesters in Paris have made reasonable demands but have been met with violent responses. She says the debate around the school protests has become angry and polarised, and sees it as a preview of how France's presidential election next year is likely to play out. The unrest has sharpened tensions over policing and youth activism in France.

Why now: Violent crackdowns on student protests in Paris are fuelling a polarised debate ahead of next year's French presidential election.

ParisFranceHelen Massy-BeresfordThe Guardian

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• I see what’s happening here in Paris: reasonable student demands met with awful violence · The Guardian

  The debate around the schools protests is angry and polarised: a foretaste of how next year’s presidential election is likely to play out, says Helen Massy-Beresford, a British journalist and editor who lives in Paris

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