PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 13: "Act 5" of the French high school protest movement begins as teachers and farmers could join in too. In India, thousands of opposition supporters have marched to the Supreme Court demanding the resignation of the electoral board chief over fraud allegations. The Times of London publishes an investigation that shows FIFA boss Gianni Infantino received a second, undeclared salary. Finally, a cat in China goes viral with people flocking from around the world to meet her.
"Act 5" of the French high schoolers' protest movement takes place this Tuesday, with other students and teachers also set to join the demonstrations. Le Figaro announces that politicians from the left and far left will partake, as well as groups against police brutality, the Yellow Vests and a group of farmers. This "convergence of fights" comes against "a backdrop of violence," according to the right-wing daily. It doubles down on its criticism that the student movement's demands are "absurd and confusing." The right-wing paper L'Opinion looks at how this generation of student protests has put itself at the heart of the French presidential campaign. In May 2027, one in every nine voters will be between the ages of 18 and 24. The challenge for parties now is to seduce a "protest-oriented, pluralistic generation with a propensity for abstention."
