France School Protests: Students Determined to Win 'Concessions that Mean Something'
The Interior Ministry said 86,000 people joined marches as class boycotts and blockades spread, while schools closed and police reported injuries.
- On Tuesday, 86,000 demonstrators marched across France demanding increased education funding, forcing the total or partial suspension of classes at 891 schools.
- Students are voicing grievances over rundown classrooms and staff shortages, arguing that conditions in disadvantaged schools contradict France's national motto: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity."
- Policing of the demonstrations has led to more than 6,100 arrests, mostly of minors, while 715 officers have been injured. A 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in a stun grenade incident.
- Defending police tactics on Tuesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez claimed the response was proportionate in "almost all cases," while the ministry launched an online portal for student complaints.
- These protests have become a flashpoint for the presidential election campaign, fueled by broader frustrations over rising poverty and soaring fuel prices under President Emmanuel Macron.
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The high school students marched throughout the country this Tuesday, asking for reforms in the education system.They were joined by their parents and the unions.The police repression already left several boys between 15 and 16 years of age seriously injured.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in France on Tuesday, under the watchful eye of a large police force - trade unions and teachers joined senior school students demanding better conditions, and the demonstrations themselves were marred by violent clashes.
France school protests: Students determined to win 'concessions that mean something'
Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations. France 24's Luke Shrago reports from outside a Paris high school where he says students he has spoken too remained determined to win concessions from the government.
At the start of the demonstrations in Paris and dozens of other French cities for the third day of student mobilization. (ANSA)
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