French school protests resume on a limited scale
Education · First reported 2 Nov, 08:47 · Updated 09:34
Some French high schools faced blockades as students returned from autumn holidays, while the education minister urged pupils to return to class.
- Protests resumed on Monday, November 2, after students returned from a two-week autumn break; reports described blockades in Paris, Marseille and Rennes.
- France's education ministry said 1 percent of the country's 3,700 high schools were blockaded.
- The protests began in September over learning conditions and inequality; students cited cost-of-living concerns, while the government had announced education measures.
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Key facts
- Date protests resumed
- Monday, November 2
- Schools blockaded
- 1 percent of 3,700 French high schools, according to the education ministry
- Cities named
- Paris, Marseille and Rennes
- Government measures cited
- Changes to university admissions, more teachers and a cap on pupils per class
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- An earlier Lux story reported that French prosecutors opened an attempted-murder investigation after an incendiary device was thrown at security forces during protests; its summary also said more than 770 arrests were reported nationwide.
- An earlier Lux headline described protests in France as largely peaceful.
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