France: the high school protest movement doubles in size as Greta Thunberg joins the marches, six months before the presidential election

Germany

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Electoral Stake and Budget · 3 of 9 countries

Berlin is deciphering a high school student-led movement that is taking hold in the French political landscape: the German press sees it as less of a revolt against a particular decision and more of a general malaise, which the presidential campaign and the debacle of public finances are masking.

Australia

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Electoral Stake and Budget · 3 of 9 countries

Canberra is deciphering the French high school street protests as a campaign test: six months out from the presidential election, Mélenchon is joining the marches while Le Pen, leading in the polls, condemns the violence.

Brazil

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School Issues and Terrain · 3 of 9 countries

Brasília sees in the French street a public school crisis embodied by Greta Thunberg: overcrowded classes, degraded buildings, youth demanding its fundamental rights.

United States

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Public Order and Arrests · 3 of 9 countries

The United States is analyzing the French high school mobilization from a public order perspective: thousands of arrests, burned cars, tear gas, with Donald Trump seeing it as an immigration issue.

Finland

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Public Order and Arrests · 3 of 9 countries

Helsinki is relaying the French high school mobilization through the lens of the school, emphasizing the gap between the authorities' figures and those of the unions.

France

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School Issues and Terrain · 3 of 9 countries

Paris is first focusing on the high school students' criticism of the public school system: classes without teachers, run-down buildings, Parcoursup, amidst a battle of numbers between the ministry and organizers.

Italy

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School Issues and Terrain · 3 of 9 countries

Rome retains from the French high school mobilization a street image: processions town by town, slogans on study and dignity, and the presence of Greta Thunberg in front of a high school in Saint-Denis.

Sweden

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Public Order and Arrests · 3 of 9 countries

Stockholm takes a stance on law and order: the Swedish press tells the story of a school protest turned national crisis, where violence, arrests, and Greta Thunberg's words dominate the narrative.

Turkey

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Electoral Stake and Budget · 3 of 9 countries

Ankara is gauging the rising pressure on Emmanuel Macron: the Turkish press is reading the high school street as a test for a power at the end of its term, strangled by debt, six months away from the presidential election.