About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violent
Education Minister Edouard Geffray said a little over 400 schools will stay closed as protests spread and 1,949 arrests were reported, officials said.
- 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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As students across the country block educational institutions to protest education funding and conditions, several fires have broken out in schools in France. According to the Interior Ministry, 1,027 secondary schools have been affected by the demonstrations so far, with 222 schools completely blocked.
The students' demonstrations, which began last week in Paris, spread throughout the country and received in the meantime the support of the students. The government said it wanted to answer the complaints, but criticized the violence and accused a party in particular, on the background of a tense and politicized atmosphere, before the presidential elections. About 400 of the ...
Protests by French high school students, which began last month in opposition to poor learning conditions, have intensified, resulting in the arrest of over 3,000 people so far. The French government held an emergency meeting, warning of the possibility that the situation could escalate into urban violence. According to the BBC and other media outlets on the 1st, the French Interior Ministry reported that 1,949 people were arrested on that day a…
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