France did not need a new protest to prove it is living through a deep civilizational crisis, but it perhaps needed a sign more telling than any previous one: that the anger would reach the doors of the schools, and that pupils themselves would take to the streets to protest against institutions no longer capable of providing what is supposed to be the most basic promise of the modern state:

New York prosecutors have re-opened an investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a female student at Cornell University in October 2024 after news of how the case was handled at the time sparked public outrage...