WorldPingFrance's Ministry of Education on Thursday said an estimated 6 percent of the country's middle and high schools were closed as students staged a fourth day of nationwide demonstrations over poor school conditions and funding.
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WorldPingDemonstrators have rejected a promise by Sébastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country’s education system by the end of the month French education minister Édouard Geffray has invited the three leading high school students associations for f…
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WorldPingFrance has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country.
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WorldPingFrench Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has tried to calm both student protesters and jittery bond markets.
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WorldPingAfter more than two weeks of high school protests across France, police have arrested a total of 6,100 individuals, the majority of whom are minors who, until now, had no previous criminal record.
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