French Students Block Dozens of Schools
- French Students blocked entrances to 49 of the country's high schools on Tuesday, maintaining protests for better learning conditions, authorities said.
- Student protests across France have spiraled into larger cost-of-living demonstrations since September, with recent weeks marked by fringe violence and accusations of police brutality.
- Around 575,000 people demonstrated across France last Thursday, authorities reported, while Unions claimed 1.5 million participated in cost-of-living strikes and protests.
- Unions rejected a government pledge to increase the minimum wage by 0.6 percent, calling it "crumbs," and scheduled a new day of strikes for November 17.
- Amid pressure from the European Union to rein in debt, authorities face limited spending options as unrest continues ahead of next year's elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron.
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Youth organisations and teachers demonstrated again on Tuesday in France on a day marked by the aggression of an elected woman.
All over France, 49 high schools, or 1.3% of the country's 3,700, were blocked on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Education reported.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, condemned on Tuesday (10) violence against teachers and government authorities during street protests throughout the country, after an authority was struck by a bottle full of gasoline from outside a high school near Paris. The object was thrown at regional councilwoman Angela Avond in the Paris suburb of Chelles on Tuesday. I express my full support to Angela Avond, who was soaked with gasoline from outsid…
Youth organisations and teachers demonstrated again on Tuesday on a day marked by the aggression of an elected woman, targeted by a bottle of petrol in front of a Franciscan high school, indignation to the top of the state. ...
The union coalition of young people and teachers promoted a new day of protest and announced a march for Friday after the stalemate of the negotiations.Despite the call in the main cities, the number of high schools blocked dropped significantly compared to the October records.
An inter-union gathering of high school organizations, students and teachers calls for a new day of strike and demonstrations this Tuesday, November 10. Follow our direct.
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