# France’s fed-up youth: Can presidential candidates connect with the student movement?

https://mins.news/en/item/98490

- France 24, 2026-10-13 18:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20261013-france-s-fed-up-youth-can-presidential-candidates-connect-with-student-movement

> The French government is hoping the autumn recess will calm an unexpected student movement that began three weeks ago over worsening conditions at a high school near Paris. The protests also voice demands from a generation that feels left behind by spending cuts. France Unbowed, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is the only party to have openly backed the students from the outset.

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