"Act III": New Day of High-Voltage High-School Mobilization in France
Police made more than 5,000 arrests last week as pupils pressed demands for more school resources and better conditions.
- On Tuesday, pupils blockaded high schools nationwide, including Boucher in Paris, using makeshift barricades of trash cans and bicycles. Many schools remained closed as part of the planned day of action.
- Demonstrators cite run-down, rat-infested classrooms lacking desks and air-conditioning, alongside insufficient staff and exhausting workloads. They demand resources and equality, arguing these conditions contradict France's national motto: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
- Authorities shut schools last week to curb demonstrations after widespread damage and mounting injuries. Police made more than 5,000 arrests last week, with 85% of those detained being minors.
- Labor unions called for worker demonstrations on Tuesday in support of the movement, while other adults positioned themselves between those protesting and police. This coalition signals escalating pressure on authorities.
- Originating in Paris in mid-September, the movement has spread nationwide, challenging the government of President Emmanuel Macron. The weeks-old mobilization continues to test the resilience of France's school system.
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Big day of protest everywhere in France for the act of III of the high school mobilization. Supported by the unions, in particular the National Education which calls for a strike, the high school students are expected in numbers on the street this Tuesday. A movement dreaded by Matignon, who denounces...
In France, high school mobilization is not slowing down. Tens of thousands of students are on the streets this Tuesday 6 October for a new day of mobilization. On social networks, this climate of tension is particularly conducive to disinformation. At six months of the presidential election, influential accounts multiply the infox in order to divide and manipulate public opinion.
The protests of students and students in France spread on Tuesday, on a "day of mobilization", to which they joined education unions and parents' organizations. Approximately 1,800 schools are affected, and about 200,000 people are expected to attend demonstrations organized throughout the country. The first protests have already begun in Paris, Marseille, Strasbourg and Lyon, where the French press also signal the first tensions.
Protesting students have blocked high schools in France again as part of nationwide student demonstrations announced for today. The demonstrations will show whether the movement that began a few weeks ago with demands for more funds for the education system maintains its strength, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA. In front of the Helene Boucher high school in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, students blocked the entrance with a mak…
The Institutes continue to be blocked in violent clashes with the police, resulting in more than 500 injuries and 6,000 detainees.
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Independent EspañolPARIS, France (AP) — Disgruntled students in France again blocked their high schools on Tuesday, in a day of demonstrations that will test the resilience and energy of a national movement, mobilized for several weeks, that...
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