Rather than focusing on classroom funding, critics point out that the ecosystem driving the unrest is heavily populated by adult-led communist parties, radical labor unions, and Islamist student groups such as the Etudiants Musulmans de France (EMF), which has documented ideological ties to the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Crozier |first=Hudson |title=Student group among those spurring on France protests is accused of Muslim Brotherhood connections |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4770606/student-group-france-protests-muslim-brotherhood-connections/ |work=Washington Examiner |date=2026-10-19 }}</ref> | Rather than focusing on classroom funding, critics point out that the ecosystem driving the unrest is heavily populated by adult-led communist parties, radical labor unions, and Islamist student groups such as the Etudiants Musulmans de France (EMF), which has documented ideological ties to the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Crozier |first=Hudson |title=Student group among those spurring on France protests is accused of Muslim Brotherhood connections |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4770606/student-group-france-protests-muslim-brotherhood-connections/ |work=Washington Examiner |date=2026-10-19 }}</ref> |