Police use tear gas and water cannons on student protestors in Paris
Police fired tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand more funding and teachers.
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Police fired tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand more funding and teachers.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
Alunos, professores e pais marcharam em cidades de toda a França nesta terça-feira (6). Os manifestantes bloquearam centenas de escolas, no maior dia de mobilização de uma onda de protestos que exigem que o governo resolva o problema da falta de pessoal e das salas de aula em mau estado. Em Marselha, Nantes e Lyon, os protestos de rua começaram pacificamente no meio da manhã, com a maior manifestação prevista para Paris à tarde. Notícias relacionadas:França prevê cerca de 500 escolas fechadas nesta segunda-feira.Em protesto, estudantes franceses ateam fogo em pelo menos 2 escolas.Os jovens erguiam sinalizadores de fumaça e cartazes com frases como “Sob nossos livros escolares, raiva” e “Onde estão os políticos? Será que eles sabem que existimos?” As manifestações de hoje ocorrem após duas semanas de protestos que começaram nos subúrbios carentes de Paris antes de se espalharem por todo o país. O governo respondeu com a polícia de choque, afirmando que o movimento havia se transformado em violência urbana. A mão de um adolescente foi arrancada durante confrontos entre manifestantes do ensino médio e a polícia de choque, no norte da França, na segunda-feira (5). François-Xavier Lauch, prefeito de Pas-de-Calais, se recusou a comentar as circunstâncias exatas, afirmando que cerca de 200 a 250 manifestantes estavam atirando objetos contra a polícia. O jornal regional La Voix du Nord informou que o adolescente de 15 anos perdeu a mão e parte do antebraço após pegar uma granada de dispersão da polícia. A União dos Estudantes do Ensino Médio informou que 1.800 escolas estavam bloqueadas ou fechariam durante o dia. Algumas autoridades educacionais locais tentaram transferir as aulas para o ambiente virtual. O Ministério da Educação não divulgou os números imediatamente. “Quando a resposta é a violência, isso significa que a democracia não está mais funcionando”, disse Hugo Vetzel, um recém-formado do ensino médio em Estrasburgo, que agora está fazendo cursos preparatórios para os exames de admissão nas melhores universidades da França. “Existe uma enorme distância entre as elites e nós.” O primeiro-ministro Sébastien Lecornu determinou que seus ministros atendam às principais reivindicações dos estudantes. Entre elas estão garantir a substituição de professores ausentes, rever a duração do dia letivo, das 8h às 18h, e a necessidade de intervalos de almoço mais longos. O governo também analisará os reparos necessários nos prédios escolares antigos, disse Lecornu, que exigiu que os ministros enviassem suas primeiras propostas até o final de outubro. O Ministério do Interior da França informou que 6.100 pessoas foram presas desde o início dos protestos, sendo a esmagadora maioria delas formada por menores de idade. Mais de 1.800 pessoas estão sendo processadas, incluindo 1.483 menores, informou o Ministério da Justiça, sem especificar os crimes. Pelo menos 715 policiais e 215 adolescentes ficaram feridos nos confrontos, segundo o gabinete de Lecornu.
A major march is set to depart from central Paris this afternoon as French students continue their protests classroom conditions. With previous protests marred by violence, France 24’s Claire Paccalin reports that there is already a heave police presence in central Paris as the marchers prepare to get underway.
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...
France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
As France's student protest movement continues, one of the main grievances is the conditions of the country’s schools, with many buildings severely dilapidated and in some cases, facing dangerous risks. The issue became all the more apparent over the summer, when France experienced record-breaking heatwaves. Many classrooms were simply not designed to cope with such extreme temperatures. And regional authorities, which have responsibility for their maintenance, are facing a tough task upgrading school buildings as Oliver Farry reports.
France prepares for a day of protests in support of students who’ve been demanding more investment in education.
Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on Sunday about 500 schools likely to be fully or partially closed on Monday.
Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday because of a wave of pupil protests that has shaken the country, the education minister said. Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400-500” high schools as the security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, said Education Minister Edouard Geffray on Sunday, adding that 24 schools had been “burned or ransacked” since the start of the movement. He described the closures as chiefly a security precaution...
A French high school in Metz went up in flames as student protests over school conditions spread across the country.
More than 550 schools have been disrupted as protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.
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Police have detained hundreds as students protest overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities.
A protest by French secondary school students over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities deepened on Thursday, with fires set outside schools and blockades in several cities. More than 160 schools were shut down on Thursday, while university students joined the protests in Paris and Marseille. The movement in the lycees, which students aged 15 to 18 attend for their final three years of secondary education in France, has seen hundreds detained. The government said...
Students have been protesting conditions and resources in high schools since last week.
French school students have blocked schools across France, demanding better learning conditions.