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France has a plan to calm furious students. There’s just one catch: Macron won’t be president when it happens

France has a plan to calm furious students. There’s just one catch: Macron won’t be president when it happens

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France’s government pledged on Monday to replace its national online university admissions platform in 2028, seeking to quell student anger after weeks of mass protests over education and living costs. Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste announced “substantial change” to the platform for 2027, before its replacement the following year. The concessions target the school grievances that helped ignite the unrest. But the movement has widened to include workers demanding relief from rising living costs, making the government’s task broader than resolving a dispute over university admissions. The announcements followed France’s worst unrest in years on Oct.

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