France's PM Lecornu Prepares National Address over Student Protests
The government faces 6,547 arrests and more than 700 injured officers as students demand better school buildings, smaller classes and more teachers.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will address the nation Wednesday evening to respond to student blockades affecting roughly 500 of France's 2,500 high schools, discussing fuel prices, the agricultural crisis, and rising debt.
- Student protests that began in Paris in September have spread nationwide, with demonstrators demanding improved school infrastructure, smaller class sizes, and increased teaching staff.
- Union leader Nicolas Bonnet of the Henri-Brulle vocational school rejected government consultation, stating, "We need resources, we need teachers." Since protests began, authorities recorded 6,547 arrests and more than 700 police injuries.
- Police tactics face scrutiny following a stun grenade incident in Lens on Monday that severed a 15-year-old's left hand, while the government confronts pressure during Wednesday's budget debates in the National Assembly.
- French students have vowed to continue their protests, with Thursday designated as "act four" of escalating demonstrations, as Lecornu previously accused the hard-left France Unbowed of fanning the flames of unrest before the presidential election.
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Despite the calls for calm, the promise of consultations and the measures of appeasement of the government, high school and student organizations demand to be received by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and call for an "act IV" of mobilization this Thursday. ...
The anger of young people does not come from nothing. No one can remain indifferent to the anguish that they express. These are the words that the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, pronounced in a television intervention from Palazzo Matignon on the eve of a new day of mobilization of students. The head of the government confirmed that [...] The article Proteste in France, Premier Lecornu: "The anger of students does not come from nothin…
This release should reduce “by 12 to 18 cents the price per liter at the pump”. On the eve of a new day of high school mobilization, the Prime Minister spoke on Wednesday evening from Matignon.
The main secondary education union of France, the National Union of Second Degree Education (SNES-FSU), has announced Wednesday the call for new strikes and protests across the country for this Thursday; a sign that they will continue to challenge the French government after two weeks of strong demonstrations and violence in the streets.The ... Continue reading "French educational unions against the Macron government: call for new strikes and pr…
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