How the protest against the rise in fuel price has turned into class struggle in France
From director's desk
Written By: Jayanta Chakrabarty
Illustration By: Sagar Mondal
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.” – Confucius
Amid the wave of structural reforms undertaken by the current French government run by the LREM Party (The Republic on move) which won the legislative election on 18 June 2017, founded by Emmanuel Macron, after his presidential win, the sociopolitical and economic crisis deepened further. Winning almost two-third majority in the parliament, wiping out all traditional political parties, while the electoral abstention was historically high at 56,83 %, the LREM became the first Start-Up party in the world to take over the State power democratically. The majority of its representatives came from non political ba