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Why is the system failing France’s younger generation?

In 1986, French students took to the streets and won.

Why is the system failing France’s younger generation?
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In 1986, French students took to the streets and won.

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The government withdrew its plan for university reform.

Forty years later, some of the people running France are from the same generation that achieved change.

And a new generation is on the streets demanding to be heard.

Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explain what changed.

Why are French youth rioting?

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