'No political solution' to anger in France, expert says amid ongoing protests

Home Shows Perspective Video content Program France To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 10:28 Issued on: 02/11/2026 - 13:41 From the show With the vast majority of French high schools reopening despite calls for new blockades, and the number of people attending weekend demonstrations down for the third week in a row, are the protests in France beginning to die out? We spoke to one political expert who says he believes they will, saying it is difficult to see who people are protesting against, given that the government has no majority in parliament. Renaud Foucart is senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University. He notes, however, that the sheer number of people taking to the streets over the past month shows how disappointing the political debate in France has become. He spoke to us in Perspective. By: