France gripped by spreading student protests as PM calls crisis meeting
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting on Thursday and canceled ministerial trips to focus on nationwide student protests against under-resourced schools spreading across France.
- Under-Resourced schools and long hours prompted the unrest, with students demanding more staff, facility repairs, and relief from Parcoursup stress, citing dilapidated conditions like "cockroaches and rats" as evidence of a decade of underfunding.
- Interior minister Laurent Nuñez reported 356 schools disrupted on Wednesday, with police detaining 625 people that day; Education minister Édouard Geffray noted 119 pupils and staff injured since blockades began.
- Political leaders clashed over the protests on Thursday; Les Républicains senator Bruno Retailleau raised "the question of banning LFI," while President Emmanuel Macron condemned violence during a Madrid state visit.
- The union scheduled further action for October 6 following an "act two" call on Thursday, as the government's 2027 budget simultaneously sets out €54 billion in savings.
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Nearly 3,000 students aged 15 to 18 have been detained since the protests began in France. The number of demonstrations, blockades and related incidents has reached around 900, and more than 160 schools have been closed. Access to about 30 university campuses, including in Paris and Marseille, has also been blocked. More than 300 police officers have been injured, as have dozens of firefighters, teachers and students. The French government has w…
More than 300 police officers and dozens of firefighters, teachers and students have been injured in protests across France.
The French philosopher and essayist: "Not being able to impose himself politically, because he will not succeed in winning the presidential elections, he focuses on the strategy of tension, on the idea that everything must become explosive. It is a very dangerous political line."
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