FOREIGN AFFAIRS: “For three decades, French unemployment has hovered around ten percent. In 2016, almost 25 percent of those aged 16 to 24 and actively seeking work could not find a job, and many others were working part time or in jobs below their skill level.”

From a female friend on Facebook:

UPDATE: Macron Vows to Face Down ‘Very Violent’ Riots to Change France. “The problem for Macron is that having shown a flash of weakness in suspending a planned fuel-tax hike, his tough talk won’t carry the same weight as before.”