From France to Italy, Belgium to Greece, Student Protests Spread Across Europe
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While France has become the center of massive protests, discontent among young people has also surfaced in Belgium, Italy, Greece and other countries. But the reasons vary from country to country.
From France to Italy, Belgium to Greece, student protests spread across Europe
The movement began in the Paris region in mid-September, when high-school students and teachers protested over a lack of resources and staff. It quickly spread across France, with students blocking school entrances and later joined by university students, parents and trade unions. Their complaints include overcrowded classrooms, teachers not being replaced when absent, long school hours, deteriorating buildings and inequalities between schools i…
In France, mass protests by students against cuts in education spending and poor school conditions have spread to Belgium, Italy, Greece and other countries in Europe, which began in Paris in mid-September and have turned into a mass movement throughout France, followed by similar events in Belgium, and on Wednesday police and protesters have clashed in Liège, wrote Axios. Since the beginning of October, at least 139 people have been detained by…
Insufficient funding, teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, degraded infrastructure and rising costs of studies make up an explosive mix, which is bringing students to the streets in different European capitals.
Europe and the Retreat of the Welfare State
French school students have taken to the streets over teacher shortages and crumbling learning conditions. Their demands reach well beyond better classrooms: they are defending equal opportunity and the ability of public institutions to lay the foundations for a decent life. Their protests show how much pressure Europe's welfare state is now under.
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