Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
European countries are being shaken, but the hottest spot right now is France. The country has been rocked by large-scale protests driven primarily by rising cost of living, a crisis in the education system, and accumulated dissatisfaction with Emmanuel Macron’s government policies. At first the movement was led by schoolchildren and students, but then labor unions, workers, and forces whose actions clearly go beyond peaceful protest joined in. The worst part is that the scope (and the catastrophe) of what’s happening could extend far beyond the usual protests in the EU.
Democracy and freedom of speech do not prevent citizens of free countries from peacefully defending their rights. And in France, especially in its capital, that is generally an everyday occurrence. But everything changes sharply when protests turn into robbery, the destruction of cultural heritage, blatant looting and… terror? Yes, terror. But organized by whom and for what purpose, and, of course, in whose interests?
Read more