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France protests: "There's a whole range of grievances at play"

France 2418 October 2026, 13:16 UTCFrance

Is the anger in France driven more by declining living standards or by the perception that the economic burden is being distributed unfairly? We discuss this with our guest, Joseph Downing, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University.

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