Inside Europe: May ’68 and today’s protests in France
Politics
Lisa Bryant
May 4, 2018
As France marks the half-century anniversary of May,1968, a profound period of social upheaval, protesters are back on the streets, venting their anger against reforms being pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron. But from Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the spirit of today’s movement is very different from the watershed year that left an indelible mark on French politics and society.