Social unrest ahead of French elections: Protesters 'don't believe politics can achieve anything'
“They are in the street because they don't believe politics can achieve anything,” Foucart argues, suggesting that the persistence of mass demonstrations ahead of the presidential election reflects profound disillusionment with the political system's capacity to deliver meaningful change.
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- Annette Young is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics ECARES at Lancaster University.
- It concerns a growing loss of faith in politics itself.
France's 1.6% minimum-wage increase, in response to the countrywide protests, may offer a temporary reprieve from social unrest, but it does little to resolve the deeper political and institutional crisis confronting the country.
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