Policing of France’s school protests clouds Macron’s final months and sparks uproar
The case adds to 36 misconduct investigations as officials face anger over police tactics that have injured more than 900 officers and nearly 150 staffers.
- France faces nationwide demonstrations Saturday as student protesters and the Yellow Vests plan to converge, posing a challenge to President Emmanuel Macron before next year's elections.
- Protesters demand better-resourced schools and protection from inflation surging above three percent, while Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu faces pressure to pass a cost-cutting budget through parliament.
- Security forces have used crowd-control weapons at least 18,000 times, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, though an officer was recently charged with aggravated violence for a 16-year-old's injury.
- Claiming protesters' "legitimate" demands are being "exploited for political purposes," Macron faces pressure as far-left and far-right candidates maneuver to capitalize on his waning popularity.
- Paris police have launched legal action against an influencer on Twitch who urged followers to join the demonstration "war zone," while authorities banned major marches through the city's tourist heart.
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The high school students, but also yellow vests or climate activists were preparing on Friday to bring their angers together on Saturday in the street, a national mobilization whose scope is still unclear. ...
Feeded by the anger of high school students, calls to mobilize widely this Saturday, October 17 are circulating on social networks. While the executive foresees some "250 demonstrations and 80 processions", the Ministry of the Interior has authorized the police and gendarmes to resort to "all the...
The youth mobilized since the end of September hopes to see the struggles converge this Saturday during the day of action against expensive life organised throughout the country.
Launched on social networks at the beginning of September, the mobilisation is supported by several trade unions, political parties and youth organisations. Hundreds of actions are announced throughout France.
While some of the figures in the movement were dubitative as to the extent and origin of this call to protest this Saturday, the high school mobilization changed the deal in their eyes.
The high school students, but also yellow vests or climate activists were preparing Friday to bring their angers together on Saturday in the street, a national mobilization whose magnitude is still alive.
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