The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) faces the longest doctor’s strike in its history as junior doctors in England demand a 35% pay rise, arguing that the rise in wages is needed due to inflation.
The unhealthy political, social, and economic climate in France is now of international concern. The Council of Europe has sounded the alarm against excessive use of violence against the demonstrators.
Beyond the organisational frustrations, the optics of the king’s reception and the almost revolutionary atmosphere in France contributed to the cancellation.
