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12 articles about 6 events for “French School Protests” from The Independent.
“Riot police clashed with high school students across France on Friday and unions called for teachers to strike as President Emmanuel Macron's government battled to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding.”
“Log in This week France has been rocked by nationwide student protests that turned violent, with thousands arrested, more than 100 schools damaged and dozens of teachers injured.”
“Log in About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests escalated into violence with some building torched.”
“This is because the French national debt is too onerous, its economy too sluggish and its parliament and president jointly unable to get state spending down to sustainable levels - the mirror image of the complaint of the protesters, who want more spending on…”
“The protests began last month at high schools in Paris' poor northern suburbs amid anger over teacher absences and failing facilities before the nationwide movement against inequality and weak public spending erupted.”
“In Germany, high school students are calling for an international youth strike on Nov. 20, in solidarity with the French protests.”
“Log in Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined demonstrators outside a high school in a working-class suburb of Paris on Tuesday, as French pupils staged another day of protests over poor learning conditions.”
“Half of France’s 3,700 high schools were shut or partially closed as a result of the protests, which started as an appeal for better conditions but have grown over the last fortnight and become increasingly dangerous.”
“Young people have united together against staff shortages and dilapidated school buildings in widespread protests over the last week.”
“French prime minister Sebastien Lecornu said that at least 215 teenagers and 85 school staff had been injured in the clashes, calling it the “heaviest toll in decades paid by the school system”.”
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