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I was in France two summers ago and there were thousands of students protesting in the streets in all the major cities. I was told that they were trying to get the student/teacher ratio up.
I happened to be in Marseilles at the time and came upon A LOT of people holding signs and chanting. I saw teams of police all dressed up, but there wasn't any fighting going on, at least not in Marseilles. Apparently, though, it wasn't as peaceful in Paris. Cars were being turned over, people were fighting, and buildings being broken into.
A couple weeks later, I saw another "protest" going on, this time it was homeless people protesting their right to be in the city. Seems like people in France like to protests...
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