Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
Thunberg backed calls for better learning conditions as protesters demanded 10 billion euros in school funding and more staff.
- 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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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.
Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined a demonstration outside a high school in a working-class suburb of Paris on Tuesday as French pupils took to the streets for another day of protests over poor conditions.
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Le Journal de QuebecJoined in front of a high school by the Swedish Greta Thunberg and by lawyers, students and students resumed the blockages in France on Tuesday.
Greta Thunberg in France - She Arrived in Paris to Take Part in the Student Protests - iefimerida.gr
Greta Thunberg has expressed her support for students in France by joining the protests. A new round of protests is taking place in France today, Tuesday, October 13, with students and teachers taking part, demanding more funding for schools, teacher recruitment and improved teaching conditions. In Paris, the main march is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. local time, while rallies have been announced in other cities, including Lyon, Marseille, …
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg supports the student protests in France and has joined the protesters in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
Greta Thunberg was in student protests in France. John Leicester/AP The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg participated on Tuesday (13) in a demonstration in front of a high school in Saint-Denis, a working-class suburb of Paris, while French students went to the streets on another day of protests against the bad teaching conditions. The national movement, which entered the fourth week, denounced the lack of teachers, the overcrowding of classrooms…
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