While France grappled with its social contract, Le Monde 's international desks tracked a world in flux:
: From teachers in half of the country's nursery schools to workers paralyzing oil refineries and cutting power output by gigawatts, the message was uniform: "We won't give up". Le Monde du 31 Janvier 2023
: More than 1.27 million people—and as many as 2.8 million by union estimates—marched in over 250 locations across France. While France grappled with its social contract, Le
The ink was barely dry on the morning edition of Le Monde as Paris woke to a city braced for a standstill on January 31, 2023. The Paper and the Pavement 2023. The Paper and the Pavement
