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Tens of thousands of students and activists in France are protesting against the education system, blockading high schools across cities like Marseille, Nantes, and Lyon. Protesters clashed violently with riot police, who used tear gas; demonstrators responded by lighting fires and throwing projectiles. The protests began two weeks ago in Paris’s suburbs and have since spread nationwide, leading to nearly 2,000 school closures or blockades according to the High School Students Union. French authorities have arrested over 6,100 people, mostly minors, and 1,800 face prosecution.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned against escalating school protests after 164 arrests on Monday, citing violent incidents like fireworks and fires near schools in Paris. The demonstrations, which began last week around Paris due to issues such as overcrowded classes and teacher shortages, have spread nationwide with blockades in over 300 high schools reported by Tuesday. In Lille, masked students clashed with police, who used tear gas after bins were set on fire. Nationwide, 440 people—mostly minors—were detained, while 12 security forces members, 12 students, and three staff members were injured. Teachers and firefighters also staged strikes over budget cuts, adding to the tension across France.
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Police have fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools as tens of thousands of students and activists rally across France in a mounting wave of protests demanding government improvements to the education system.
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Students in Marseille, Nantes and Lyon began demonstrations on Tuesday morning, with demonstrators holding aloft signs which read “they don’t really care about us” and “survive or study”.
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student protests grow as hundreds of schools close
In Strasbourg, Lyon and Rennes, the protests turned violent at times, with police firing tear gas and protesters lighting fires in the streets and hurling projectiles.
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protesters → grow → projectiles
The protests started two weeks ago in Paris’s disadvantaged suburbs, lighting a blaze that has spread across the country.
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The government said that the movement has turned into urban violence and has deployed riot police to some rallies.
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On Monday, a 15-year-old’s hand was blown off during clashes between high-schoolers and the police in northern France.
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The government said that around 200 to 250 protesters had thrown objects at the police.
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A French newspaper, La Voix du Nord said that the teenager lost his hand and part of his arm after he picked a police grenade during the protest.
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Nearly 2,000 high schools have been blockaded or closed for the day, according to the High School Students Union.
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“When the answer is violence, it means democracy is no longer working,” said Hugo Vetzel, a recent high school graduate in Strasbourg preparing to attend France’s top universities.
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered ministers to address the students’ demands, including replacing underskilled teachers, making lunch breaks longer and changing the length of the school day.
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Lecornu also said that the governments will look into repairing old campuses, as he demanded ministers send in proposals by the end of October.
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France’s Ministry of Interior said that it has arrested 6,100 people since the beginning of the protests, the majority of them under the age of eighteen.
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The Ministry of Justice announced that over 1,800 will be prosecuted, including 1,483 minors.
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During the protests, at least 215 teenagers have been wounded along with 715 police officers, according to Lecornu.
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