Hundreds Arrested on Biggest Day of French Student Protests over Education Resources
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Hundreds arrested as French school protests go on
Mass protests over decrepit conditions at French high schools descended into sporadic violence on Tuesday, leading to nearly 500 arrests and prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call an emergency meeting. The protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds over complaints of dilapidated facilities and teacher shortages. US President Donald Trump weighed in on Tuesday to bl…
France rocked by student-led protests over school conditions
Students, teachers, parents and labor unions joined demonstrations across France Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police and hundreds of schools were closed or blockaded. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from Paris.
This Tuesday, October 6, thousands of students went out again across France to demand better teaching conditions. Between 256 thousand protesters, according to the government, and 450,000, according to the organizers, participated in a new protest campaign that has already led to the arrest of more than 6,000 people, most of them minors.
Tens of thousands are expected to take part in a demonstration in Paris.
Hundreds arrested on biggest day of French student protests over education resources
Mass protests over decrepit conditions at France's high schools descended into sporadic violence Tuesday, leading to nearly 500 arrests and prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call an emergency meeting. Members of the public have accused the authorities of using disproportionate force as protesters clashed with the police in several French cities.
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