Why has France struggled to address students’ demands?

Young people protested across France over the weekend of October 24, demanding better education facilities and a more promising future amid the rising cost of living. The Interior Ministry counted 410,000 demonstrators on Saturday, including 110,000 in Paris. The protests began in mid-September, with high school students objecting to overcrowded classrooms, unreplaced teacher absences and dilapidated school buildings, against the backdrop of longstanding demands to tackle inequality and oppose Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies. Teachers have also joined the demonstrations to protest their low salaries.