President Emmanuel Macron is criminalizing dissent over failing schools and soaring costs to protect businesses, a move that only deepens the systemic neglect of France's working class.
By deploying soldiers and imposing curfews to suppress nationwide unrest, the French government mistakes an economic breaking point for a mere policing failure that tactical force cannot cure.
As riots sweep France, Emmanuel Macron departs for the Persian Gulf, abdicating his basic duty to maintain public order and leaving an isolated presidency hollowed out of authority.