{
  "id": 18350958,
  "title": "France needs 'more public services', 'salaries are too low', 'schools are in very, very bad shape'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/france-needs-more-public-services-salaries-are-too-low-schools-are-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:36:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france-needs-more-public-services-salaries-are-too-low-schools-are-in-very-very-bad-shape"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As France confronts another wave of strikes and protests, Gaëlle Martinez, National Secretary of the trade union Solidaires, presents the general strike as more than a confrontation over wages, public spending or the cost of living. Her account reveals a deeper struggle over economic dignity, the future of public services and the democratic right to collective protest. “People just want to live,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}