Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
- On Tuesday, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined students at the Lycee Paul Eluard in Saint-Denis to support the nationwide mobilization calling for improved education conditions.
- Protests began late last month as students demanded improvements to deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and crowded class schedules within the education system.
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray reported about 200 schools were closed on Tuesday, which was "fewer than last week," while the Ministry of Justice stated more than 6,800 people, mainly minors, have been taken into police custody.
- Police have opened investigations into 24 allegations of brutality against demonstrators, with 19-year-old student Leo telling AFP that protesters felt "disturbed by the level of repression never before seen for a student movement."
- French President Emmanuel Macron urged protesters to exercise restraint on Monday, as demonstrations continue ahead of wider public rallies planned for Saturday regarding the rising cost of living.
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined protesters outside a high school in a Paris suburb on Tuesday. French students have been protesting against poor learning conditions for the fourth week in a row.
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AlKhaleej TodayActivist Greta Thunberg joins French students in nationwide protests over school conditions
PARIS, Oct 13 — French high school pupils staged fresh nationwide rallies today urging better learning conditions, supported by university students and Swedish activist Greta...
According to the Swedish climate activist, young people are not involved in dialogue while stealing their future. The French government, meanwhile, hopes that during the two-week autumn break starting this weekend, the movement, which is already winding down, will suffocate.
"Young people are not involved in the discussions. They are stealing the future and, as we have seen here, the schools do not receive the investments they need." This is what Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said, addressing the reporters in front of the Lycée Paul-Eluard in Saint-Denis, at the gates of Paris, where more than a hundred young people gathered in the context of the so-called 'fifth act' of student protests in France. The 23-year-old…
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined a demonstration in front of a high school in a working suburb of Paris on Tuesday, in the context of French students coming out on the street for a new day of protests against precarious school conditions, reports AFP and Reuters agencies, quoted by Agerpres. On Tuesday in the ranks of protesters from the capital ...
The Swedish activist came on Tuesday in front of the Paul-Eluard High School in Saint Denis, one of the strongholds of the high school movement.
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