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." In the left-wing papers,**Libération**headlines with a quote from Sophie Binet, the head of the CGT union, one of France's major unions.
She said: "For the last decade, young people have been treated like dogs", hailing the "lucidity" of the high school protesters. It comes as the French budget will be debated in parliament this Tuesday. **L'Humanité,** the Communist paper, warns of a "state of emergency" concerning French schools. It accuses the government and local authorities of passing the buck on how to finance much-needed renovations of certain French school establishments.
Staying in France, MPs will hold a solemn vote in parliament this Tuesday on a bill to fight sexual violence against women and children. The divisive bill was brought forward by 140 associations representing women and child victims and debated vigorously late last month. **L'Humanité**looks at two key articles that didn't make the cut. The first article aimed to protect female victims without French papers from being deported from France.
NGOs have asked the government to review this article again and are promising to debate it in the Senate, when the bill heads there after the MPs' vote. The second article proposed the creation of special paid leave for victims of violence. The rejection of this measure was all the more “strange” because it had the support of NGOs and the government too.**Amnesty International**has criticised the bill for excluding the "most vulnerable and susceptible women" – trans women, foreigners and sex workers.
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