The French public have a good record of winning protests.
They are also very good at getting great numbers onto the streets, and are not averse to a little arson, destruction and general mayhem.
There is however a specialist riot squad, (CRS) who seem to enjoy their work, and cracking a few skulls, so things can get interesting very quickly.
When UK Government raised our pension age, we had a mass shrug, and went back to moaning about the weather.
