Students Clash with Police as Education Protests in France Escalate
Parents and unions joined the blockades as officials said classes were canceled at 891 schools and protests spread to 26 cities.
- On Tuesday, students and labor unions blockaded as many as 2,000 schools and hundreds of universities across France, demanding government action to improve the education system.
- Protests began September 21 in a Paris suburb over understaffing, dilapidated buildings, and overcrowded universities; Union Syndicale Lyc demanded a "mass" teacher recruitment drive, $11.3 billion for repairs, and 150,000 new university places.
- Classes at 891 schools were partially or completely canceled as unions led by the French Democratic Confederation of Labor joined demonstrations across Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Strasbourg; nationwide unrest has resulted in approximately 6,000 arrests, injuring 700 police officers and 300 students.
- French media reported parents formed a "buffer zone" after a 15-year-old's hand was blown off in Lens on Monday and a 14-year-old was seriously injured; Education Minister Geffray called the situation a "tragedy."
- France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc compared the unrest to historic civil protests that swept France in May 1968, as school blockades continue across the country.
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Protests over education engulf France
Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms. In Marseille and Nantes, protesters held up signs marked with "The state has killed national education" and other messages, in largely peaceful rallies. In Toulouse, parents linked arms at the front of a march t…
The third phase of blockades and demonstrations by high school students in several French cities to demand higher education funding began on Tuesday. According to French media, unions and parents are also taking part in the protests. Protesters clashed with police in Strasbourg and Lyon.
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PressNewsAgencyFrench riots reach climax as parents and students clash with police forcing closure of hundreds of schools
Students, parents and trade unions have taken to the streets in protests across France today, forcing hundreds of schools to close over what protesters describe as chronic under-investment in schools and universities across the nation.France’s interior ministry estimated some 86,000 people had joined protests across more than 30 towns and cities, with tens of thousands more expected to march in Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Lyon and Paris.The Union S…
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