Injuries and arrests as French high school student protests spread
University blockades joined the unrest as officials reported 625 detentions and 119 injuries during protests over crowded classes and teacher shortages.
- On Thursday, violent protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated facilities surged across France, forcing the closure of more than 160 schools as students clashed with security forces.
- Students began blockading lycées last week to protest overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and crumbling infrastructure, with some pupils reporting classrooms reaching 40 degrees Celsius .
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported 625 arrests on Wednesday alone, while 119 students and staff members and 83 security personnel have sustained injuries since the unrest began.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting Thursday as government officials accused the far-left France Unbowed party of inciting violence, which party leader Jean-Luc Melenchon denied.
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray scheduled meetings with union representatives for Friday to seek 'concrete progress,' as the unrest complicates the government's unveiling of the 2027 budget.
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"More than 400" schools in France remain closed today. This was decided by Minister of Education Édouard Geffray. There is also a ban on protesting near the closed schools.
French students have taken to the streets, shutting down schools nationwide to protest and demand more teachers and better education funding. The incident, which involved setting fire to a trash can, spread to a school. More than 300 police officers have been injured, and over 2,000 students have been arrested.
The government speaks of "civil unrest" and accuses the radical Left of inciting the incidents
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