Protests Close Hundreds of French Schools as Student Sustains Serious Hand Injury in Clashes
Over 5,000 people face arrest amid ongoing student demonstrations against overcrowded classrooms and building neglect, with 78 education staff members reported injured, officials said.
- On Monday, Education Minister Edouard Geffray ordered lessons suspended at between 400 and 500 high schools across France, citing unmet security conditions after nearly three weeks of student blockades and protests.
- Students across France have protested since mid-September over overcrowded classrooms with up to 35 pupils, teacher shortages, dilapidated buildings and long school days, with tens of thousands demonstrating in cities including Marseille, Strasbourg, Tours and Lille.
- Violent clashes have resulted in more than 5,000 arrests, about 85 percent of them minors, while 78 education staff members were injured and 24 schools burned or ransacked since the movement began.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu vowed not to "yield an inch to violence" and pledged to accelerate a casseur-payer bill making those responsible for property damage liable for repair costs, as Geffray alleged far-left activists infiltrated the movement.
- Protest organizers called for continued demonstrations Tuesday, October 6, dubbed Act III, while teaching unions including the CGT, CFDT and FSU scheduled a national strike for the same day, citing lack of concrete government measures.
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Melissa Bell France faces great difficulties in containing the biggest student protests of recent decades. What began as a demonstration in support of teachers on strike at an institute outside Paris has become a national crisis. Hundreds of schools have been forced to close down
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The number of students injured in protests in France has reached 215, Education Minister Edouard Geoffrey announced on Monday evening. Earlier in the day, he had said 190 were injured, but the figures later included the incidents on October 5. “Since the start of the mobilization in high schools, 215 students have been injured,” the minister said, specifying that this included both incidents and injuries caused by rioters. The most serious case …
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