Protests
French school unrest: students, teachers march on biggest day of protests
Students, teachers and parents marched in cities across France on Tuesday and protesters blockaded hundreds of schools, in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms. In Marseille, Nantes and Lyon, the street protests began peacefully mid-morning, with the largest demonstration expected in Paris in the afternoon. Youngsters held aloft smoke flares and placards reading “Under our schoolbooks, anger” and “Where are...
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