Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
Thunberg backed pupils demanding a 10 billion-euro boost for lycées as unions and left-wing allies joined nationwide protests over staffing and school conditions.
- On Tuesday, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined students at the Lycee Paul Eluard in Saint-Denis to support the nationwide mobilization calling for improved education conditions.
- Protests began late last month as students demanded improvements to deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and crowded class schedules within the education system.
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray reported about 200 schools were closed on Tuesday, which was "fewer than last week," while the Ministry of Justice stated more than 6,800 people, mainly minors, have been taken into police custody.
- Police have opened investigations into 24 allegations of brutality against demonstrators, with 19-year-old student Leo telling AFP that protesters felt "disturbed by the level of repression never before seen for a student movement."
- French President Emmanuel Macron urged protesters to exercise restraint on Monday, as demonstrations continue ahead of wider public rallies planned for Saturday regarding the rising cost of living.
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With a Palestinian keffiyeh off her shoulders, the Swedish activist declared herself proud of the French students
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Greta Thunberg backs French high school protests over run-down schools
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Greta Thunberg on Tuesday threw her high-profile support behind high school protesters rattling the government in France, saying “the whole world is watching with awe."
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined protesters outside a high school in a Paris suburb on Tuesday. French students have been protesting against poor learning conditions for the fourth week in a row.
The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg presented herself in front of the Paul Éluard high school in Saint-Denis, in the banlieue in the north of Paris and one of the schools where the mobilizations started, to show her solidarity with the students in the square for act IV of the demonstrations. "I am extremely proud of them," she told the journalists. "We see it here, [...] The article France, also Greta Thunberg in the square with the students: "P…
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