@richincontext: France’s protests have already cost over €40 million in official damage — and that’s just schools, just through October 6th. Since then, the unrest has only widened: Marseille’s city hall was stormed and caught fire, Lyon’s tourism office burned to the ground, and cars and barricades burned across central Paris on October 17 alone. None of that is in the official total yet. Building by building: Lycée Henri-Moissan in Meaux (est. €3-5M), Lycée Nelson-Mandela in Nantes (€2M+), Lycée Paul-Éluard in Saint-Denis (€100K just for one gate), plus buses, trams, and transit networks suspended in multiple cities. This started because students say their schools are underfunded and overcrowded — now some of those same schools are gone. My honest guess on where this ends: if the pace holds through the November 11th general strike and the November 29th snap election — the two flashpoints everyone’s watching — I’d expect the damaged-building count to roughly double from here, somewhere around 150-200 schools and public buildings nationwide, and the real cost (once Oct 17 onward gets tallied) to land closer to €80-120 million. That’s a rough projection, not an official forecast — nobody actually knows yet, and a lot depends on what happens at the election. #France #Paris #FranceProtests #BreakingNews #CostOfProtest #RichInContext #StayInformed #news #fyp #richincontext

Scorpion :

Because famously all change was achieved peacefully by reasoning with rulers… Sure

🍸 :

Oh boy, I wonder who the people behind this chaos are

Nomi :

It’s not about the cost of damage, it’s how it sends a message.

leandra.michelle :

Oh well they at least kept the Eiffel tower..

Tuggziee :

This isn’t gonna end well for them believe me

he928h4bsla :

students or school pupils?

𑣲𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 :

I think the problem is pretty obvious

♥︎ :

French people when they have to go to school for a little bit longer

stefutz_. :

layana :

well now the money they wanted to fix student issues.. is going to go to the issue caused by students

diaurum :

If everything could be solved with “reasoning” angels would carry flowers not swords.

Rose_nzm :

So much people will lose their jobs 😔

xzxdzz :

This isn’t about schools 😭😭

￴￴ :

Lyon is not in Paris tho

LounieNash :

the majority causing it are people who just want to destroy, not everyone in the manifestation want that

saulskja℮r :

i doubt the pace will continue like this, but I hope it is. think the French government is banking on the kids wearing themselves out and giving up so they dont actually have to take any action.

🌸🏞Alex🇨🇾🌸 :

who's going to pay for all that?are they?

Mika_mk1 :

I totaly understand them. They are not heard by the state and if their needs aren't respected, why care the ones that caused it all

Mojosodope :

Peace will get us nowhere

mesh :

it's about better education trust me

AY :

This is so sad

Ivonna :

Students are doing this bcs we never get any attention from the goverment and parlament

Crimson Lia 🥟🧡 :

I think it's fair cause nobody considers the residents, they have all the money in the world for fashion weeks

katebrak :

the people who are going to pay for this are always the people that already struggle and are wise enough not to do this shi in the first place.

ʙᴇʟʟᴀ<3 :

And who’s gonna pay????