{"id":385713,"date":"2026-10-07T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/frances-school-protests-are-a-political-problem-for-president-macron-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:35","slug":"frances-school-protests-are-a-political-problem-for-president-macron-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/frances-school-protests-are-a-political-problem-for-president-macron-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s school protests are a political problem for President Macron. This Is Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gsrmPqno0qM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"France\u2019s school protests are a political problem for President Macron. This Is Why\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsrmPqno0qM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Imagine being tear-gassed and targeted with stun grenades \u2013 all for complaining about timetables, absent teachers and crumbling classrooms. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the experience of thousands of French students, whose initial demonstrations over high school conditions have evolved into a wider national protest across 40 towns and cities. <\/p>\n<p>Parents, teachers and a sympathetic public have all joined pupils on the barricades. But far right groups have accused those on the left of politicising the movement. <\/p>\n<p>And while the use of stun grenades has now been banned, the response from the police and government has been heavy handed and heavily criticised \u2013 just months before a general election. <\/p>\n<p>Niall Paterson is joined by NBC News chief foreign correspondent and co-host of The World podcast, Richard Engel \u2013 and Ruby Celemenski, a 17-year-old student in Lyon who has witnessed the police response first-hand. <\/p>\n<p>#ThisIsWhy #France #Europe #protests #Macron #EmmanuelMacron<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for Niall? 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