What began in France as a revolt over missing teachers, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating school buildings has become something considerably larger: a test of the relationship between a younger generation and a state increasingly struggling to reconcile public expectations with fiscal constraint. The protests, which began in the Paris region in September, have spread to…
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