{"id":390875,"date":"2026-10-23T19:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-french-protests-are-being-spun-for-political-gain-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:01:07","slug":"how-the-french-protests-are-being-spun-for-political-gain-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-french-protests-are-being-spun-for-political-gain-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How the French protests are being spun for political gain  | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4JZHXrhfRhg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the French protests are being spun for political gain  | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JZHXrhfRhg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Burning cars and clashes with police. Those are the images most people associate with France&#8217;s latest protests. But they tell only part of the story. Many demonstrators insist the movement is about much more than violence, while politicians on both sides and abroad are using the unrest to advance their own agendas. So what&#8217;s really driving these protests, and why do they remain popular? DW&#8217;s Amien Essif spoke to Cole Stangler, a French-American journalist in Marseilles, and Anja Durovic, post-doctoral researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).<\/p>\n<p>00:00 What Trump said about the French protests<br \/>\n01:27 How Macron responded<br \/>\n02:35 What the protests were like<br \/>\n03:54 Violence and looting were widespread<br \/>\n06:50 Why protests remain popular despite that<br \/>\n07:56 French far right stops short of condemning protests<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burning cars and clashes with police. Those are the images most people associate with France&#8217;s latest protests. But they tell only part of the story. Many demonstrators insist the movement is about much more than violence, while politicians on both sides and abroad are using the unrest to advance their own agendas. 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