There’s still some sympathy with the protesters’ original demands. They began as a protest against conditions in schools, burgeoned into a wider movement against the cost of living, and at the weekend, became an orgy of destruction. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• There’s still some sympathy with the protesters’ original demands. But it’s hard to escape the sense that these riots reflect a modern France facing troubled times, reports David Crowe from Paris.S1

• They began as a protest against conditions in schools, burgeoned into a wider movement against the cost of living, and at the weekend, became an orgy of destruction. Reporting from Paris, David Crowe finds a modern France facing up to troubled times.S2S3