# French protests: ‘Only when the public and private sectors act together can change happen’

https://mins.news/en/item/131396

- France 24, 2026-11-05 20:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261105-french-protests-it-s-only-when-public-private-sector-act-together-that-you-can-make-changes

> Northumbria University lecturer Ariane Bogain says repression will not erase public grievances. She and French politics editor Marc Perelman discuss how protests that began over purchasing power, fuel prices and education have widened into a broader challenge to the French government. Perelman calls Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon “objective allies” because both have an electoral interest in weakening the political centre, despite their opposing ideologies.

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