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For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat
8 October 2026 at 14:45
Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.
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