Overview

• Raphaël Glucksmann likened France to “a juxtaposition of pressure cookers” ready to explode under mounting strains in education, justice, police and healthcare
• He said he spent weeks traveling quietly across the country to meet hospital staff, police officers, justice officials and teachers to assess conditions
• Commenting on the recent murder of a school supervisor in Haute-Marne, he warned that schools face a phenomenon of “hyperviolence” driven by broader societal breakdown
• He criticized the focus on cash injections to ease tensions and called instead for profound reflection to overhaul and refound France’s social model
• Glucksmann noted that schools have become the sole social integrator—unlike in the past when churches, political parties and conscription shared that role—and argued that security gates and social media fixes won’t resolve underlying issues