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Why do masked agitators keep appearing at French protests? Known as les casseurs, these groups are a familiar feature of French demonstrations. But while a minority engage in rioting, many more protesters are driven by concerns over education standards, the cost of living and diminishing hopes of social mobility. Adam Fleming speaks to the Financial Times’ Paris bureau chief Leila Abboud and Politico’s chief Europe correspondent Marion Solletty about the violence, the wider public mood and what it means for the French government. Listen to the full episode of #BBCNewscast on #BBCSounds.

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