French mood far from revolutionary despite lingering May '68 spirit


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Apr 2018

FILE PHOTO: Students protest against Macron's university reform in front of the Sorbonne university in Paris, France, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - There's a whiff of revolution again at the Sorbonne in Paris, 50 years on from the May 1968 student protests that mushroomed into a nationwide movement and brought France to its knees.

In scenes reminiscent of the 1968 revolt, students blocked entrances to the university's Latin Quarter campus, shouted slogans over megaphones and stockpiled petrol bombs.

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