'Our Future Is Being Robbed': Greta Thunberg Joins France Student Protests
Thunberg joined pupils demanding more teachers, safer buildings and smaller classes as officials said about 200 schools were closed and 6,800 people were detained.
- 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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“Young people do not participate in the discussions. They are stealing our future and, as we have seen here, schools do not receive the investments they need,” lamented the 23-year-old, who is standing in front of the Paul-Éluard Institute, located in Saint-Denis, a commune north of Paris.
The young Swedish woman, a global icon of environmental activism, has come to give her support and her aura at the establishment of Seine-Saint-Denis. She intends to participate in the gatherings held in Paris on Tuesday 13 October.
Activist Greta Thunberg joins France student rally after violence at protests
French high school pupils staged fresh nationwide rallies Tuesday urging better learning conditions, supported by university students and Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, with authorities and participants wary of further violence.
Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
By Janis Laizans and Clotaire Achi SAINT-DENIS, France, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined a demonstration outside a high school in a working-class suburb of Paris on Tuesday as French pupils took to the streets for another day o...
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined high school students protesting for better learning conditions in France on Tuesday, just before the start of new nationwide demonstrations, as authorities and participants expressed concern about the possibility of further violence. According to foreign media, the 23-year-old, who became known as a teenager through school strikes to demand measures against climate change, stood among students protesting in…
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