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Injuries and arrests as French high school student protests spread
Students demanded more funding and smaller classes as at least 10 universities joined the blockades, student unions said.
- On Wednesday, French security forces detained 625 people as high school blockades and violent clashes escalated across France, affecting 356 schools nationwide, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.
- Since last week, students aged 15 to 18 have staged protests over teacher shortages, class sizes, and overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves, citing deteriorating school conditions.
- Violence during Wednesday's protests left 83 police officers and gendarmes wounded, alongside 32 teachers and pupils injured; Education Minister Edouard Geffray reported 119 total injuries since unrest began.
- Speaking from Madrid, President Emmanuel Macron slammed politicians he accused of "legitimising violence," while Interior Minister Nunez alleged "individuals acting as agitators" moved between schools to incite students.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu denounced LFI presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon for calling the response a "crackdown" with "obvious racist undertones," labeling the accusation "an insult.
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The leader insoumis looks to the votes of young people for the presidency. Macron called on all politicians not to justify or encourage violence
·Milan, Italy
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France Burns: Islamo-Marxist Unrest as Migrant Youths Set Schools on Fire, Douse Teachers in Gasoline, Hunt Police, and Hundreds Are Arrested * The Gateway Pundit * by Robert Semonsen
France’s high-school protest movement erupted into another day of fires, assaults, and mass arrests on October 1, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to co…
·St. Louis, United States
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The mobilization of a part of the youth is accompanied by an increase in violence and degradation.The government is trying to regain its hand as concern grows in the institutions.
There are 1,949 people who are being stopped today by law enforcement in the framework of the blockages and student protests in France: this is what the Ministry of the Interior of Paris announces. (ANSA). (ANSA)
·Rome, Italy
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