The French protests, like Brexit, are a raging cry for help from the disenfranchised | Pauline Bock

A revolt against fuel prices has morphed into a full-blown rejection of Macron’s agenda from those struggling to survive

What is Emmanuel Macron thinking, as he watches the images of the current protests in France? Does he wonder whether this is a revolt or a revolution? In both scenarios, he occupies the status of the hated king.

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