Injuries and arrests as French high school student protests spread
More than 600 people were detained as students protested overcrowded classes, teacher shortages and poor facilities, officials said.
- On Wednesday, French authorities detained 625 people as student protests escalated nationwide, spreading from high schools to around 30 university campuses and affecting 356 schools total.
- Since last week, students across France have staged blockades protesting overcrowded classrooms with 35 students per room, teacher shortages, and dilapidated facilities where temperatures swing from-5 to 40 degrees Celsius.
- Arson attacks escalated Thursday as attackers doused a principal in petrol at Victor Hugo high school in Marseille, an act authorities called "marked by violence towards staff". Clashes left 83 police officers and at least 32 students or staff injured.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting Thursday and asked ministers to cancel travel, while Education Minister Edouard Geffray scheduled Friday meetings with union representatives to seek concrete progress.
- The government unveiled its 2027 budget Thursday containing spending cuts, while student unions called for a "second act" of protests, raising concerns the austerity measures will deepen nationwide unrest.
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French students have taken to the streets, shutting down schools nationwide to protest and demand more teachers and better education funding. The incident, which involved setting fire to a trash can, spread to a school. More than 300 police officers have been injured, and over 2,000 students have been arrested.
The government speaks of "civil unrest" and accuses the radical Left of inciting the incidents
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