The French protests can easily look like one vast throng. Reporting from Paris, David Crowe finds there are at least two and possibly three movements at work.

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There’s still some sympathy with the protesters’ original demands, but it’s hard to escape the sense that these riots reflect a modern France facing troubled times, reports David Crowe from Paris.