France's sociopolitical & economic crises: 'Large portion of population sympathizes' with protestors
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Damien Leconte, Political Scientist and Researcher at Paris Panthéon Sorbonne University. France’s escalating unrest has exposed a profound contradiction in the state’s response: disproportionate force against peaceful demonstrators on the one hand, and an apparent inability to…
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