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“- Published Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday.”

“French justice minister Gerald Darmanin said things had "gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance".”

“- Published Fires have broken out at several schools in France, as student protests by blockading education institutions nationwide over school funding and studying conditions.”

“- Published As dustbins burn and students chant "everyone hates the police" in the French city of Lille, one teenager explains why he and his friends have taken to the streets.”

“- Published Since late September students across France have been holding protests against underfunding in education, and have been blocking access to many high schools.”

“- Published Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France, as a wave of protests by high-school pupils spread to their parents, university students and unions.”

“- Published A student has been arrested after a principal and teacher were shot at a school on Monday morning, French media report.”

“The movement is the most serious student unrest in France in many years, and comes against a backdrop of rising tension in the country - with anger over rising fuel prices and distress in the farming sector also liable to trigger protests.”

“'Our duty is to listen to young people' The finance minister's interview with the BBC also touched on French domestic matters, including the student protests that have swept the country, with more than 500 schools fully or partially shut as of Wednesday.”