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Events on Sunday 23 June 1968 2
1968May 1968 EventsStudent RiotsA period of civil unrest across France characterized by student protests and general strikes.
1968May 1968 protests in FranceStudent unrest and general strike nearly topple the French governmentStudent demonstrations in Paris escalated into the largest general strike in French history, with roughly ten million workers walking out. The unrest paralyzed the country and briefly threatened President Charles de Gaulle's government before subsiding. It reshaped French social and labor politics for decades afterward.