Why Are France’s Students Protesting?
Demonstrations for a better-funded education system have led to blockaded schools, thousands of arrests and a national political reckoning.
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Demonstrations for a better-funded education system have led to blockaded schools, thousands of arrests and a national political reckoning.
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.
Tear gas and water cannon deployed as hundreds of the thousands took to the streets in cities across the country to protest poor education conditions
Tear gas and water cannon deployed as hundreds of the thousands took to the streets in cities across the country to protest poor education conditions
High school students, teachers and labor unions protest in Paris, building on momentum from days of school blockades where students are demanding better school conditions. Protests at high schools and on the streets are adding to a sense of crisis engulfing the country and roiling bond markets.
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from France on the growing student protests across the country.
The BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from a large demonstration in northern France.
Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
Nationwide protests in France over classroom conditions have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools.
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