May 14 seems inconspicuous at first in the French calendar. Not a national holiday, no military parades. And yet this date carries an astonishing political and cultural weight. After all, France would not be France if even an ordinary spring day did not provide material for historical debates, social tensions and grand stagings. May 1968 remains particularly deeply ingrained. Around May 14 the protest movement then reached a new dimension.…
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