“Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has appeared on signs at recent demonstrations. It doesn’t make much sense (it means, “In the name of God, it’s the darkness”) but is seen as shorthand for a generational divide.

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Rioting over affordability and public education has swept through Paris and other French cities, and there may be more to come.

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The targeted restrictions are part of a state effort to reassert control after the country’s largest riots in years, as those arrested in the chaos face expedited trials.

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Europe’s centrist parties are losing ground among young people and workers, who are increasingly tempted by populist promises of radical change.

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