President ignores school conditions and cost of living and says he warned Macron ‘the whole world was coming in’
Explainer: why are people protesting across Europe?
Donald Trump and JD Vance deployed a familiar US playbook on Europe, claiming that immigrants were responsible for rioting in France that began as student protests against crumbling schools and the high cost of living .
The nationwide protests on Saturday were called over rising fuel prices and falling purchasing power, and in several cities they escalated into clashes with police that left a historic town hall torched and led to 1, 800 arrests. On Monday, overnight curfews were issued for a number of French cities, including parts of Paris . Continue reading...