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High school student protests: 'Today, public spending allocates two euros to pensions for every one euro invested in the future'

The anger among high school students is partly due to the fact that a significant portion of the national education budget is dedicated to paying pensions for former civil servants and therefore does not benefit them, explains charity director Alexandre Lourié in an opinion piece for Le Monde.

High school student protests: 'Today, public spending allocates two euros to pensions for every one euro invested in the future'

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