The French are revolting. It’s a tradition with them. Riots are as French as croissants, adultery and the 35-hour work week.
France’s current riots may, however, presage the fall of the Fifth Republic.
Mobs of students in the streets. Schools going up in flames. Police using tear gas and flash-ball guns. Hundreds of injuries and thousands of arrests.
The spark for the disorder was strikes by left-wing teachers and other public-sector workers, including firemen. The students besieged their schools at once.