About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violent
Officials said nearly 400 schools will stay closed as protests over teacher shortages and poor conditions spread into violence and prompt 2,000 arrests.
- On Friday, about 400 schools across France remain closed after student protests over education grievances escalated into violence on Thursday. French Education Minister Edouard Geffray confirmed the closures during a late Thursday interview.
- Protests regarding teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted last month in the Paris region but have spread nationwide. Intelligence agencies alleged hard-left politicians, including members of La France Insoumise , initiated the movement, though LFI lawmaker Louis Boyard denied the claim.
- Unrest intensified Thursday as protesters set fires at two high schools, while teachers in Marseille were inadvertently "doused in petrol." Rioters torched a car in Strasbourg and clashed with police in Toulouse.
- Geffray scheduled meetings with staff unions, parent associations, and student organizations on Friday to address grievances and the escalating violence. The sessions aim to find resolution amid ongoing unrest.
- The protests have spread nationwide from the Paris region, with police making hundreds of arrests and injuring demonstrators. One student sign questioned, "Can we explain ourselves without being teargassed?" capturing the movement's frustration.
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More than 1000 establishments were affected by the protests. Only one day nearly 2,000 people were arrested and 305 members of the security forces were injured. The French government speaks of "urban violence", ordered the closure of 400 establishments and banned demonstrations near these sites, but a new call for mobilization has already been launched for Tuesday, October 6th.
More than 1,020 high schools in France have been affected by the mobilizations and more than 400 remain closed - Students on the streets with accumulated demands, while the escalation of incidents brings the government to a difficult dilemma The post France: From Paris to Lille and Marseille — Student mobilizations escalate and government pressure appeared first on in.gr.
Hundreds have been arrested in violent student protests in France. On Friday, 400 schools remain closed after cars and school buildings were set on fire.
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