France's Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, is holding a crisis cabinet meeting today to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what were some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French history. On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling access to decent public services, including a good state education.

GUEST: Professor Patrick Bond, Political Economist and International Relations Expert from the University of Johannesburg

 

France's Prime Minister, S&eacute;bastien Lecornu, is holding a crisis cabinet meeting today to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what were some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French history. On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling access to decent public services, including a good state education.
GUEST: Professor Patrick Bond, Political Economist and International Relations Expert from the University of Johannesburg
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