Student protests and demonstrations over the cost of living in France last month escalated into violent clashes with police, riots and looting in several cities.
Key takeaways
French high‑school protests have scaled down as students return from break, with only a few schools blocked and police present, while Education Minister Geffray offers reforms including capped class sizes and school renovations.
- Hundreds of schools were previously blocked, now only a handful remain affected.
- Geffray proposes €4 billion for renovations, 15,000 new university places, and a new admission system by 2028.
- Students demand more teachers, larger university capacity, and a fairer admissions process.
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A wave of so-called 'Gen Z' protests has swept across European countries including Germany, Italy, Belgium and Albania. (EPA Images pic)PARIS: French high school student protests resumed on Monday on a much smaller scale than in past weeks as pupils returned from a two-week break, with youngsters trying to blockade a few high schools in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, French media reported.
Hundreds of France's more than 3,000 high schools were blockaded in the weeks prior to the break. The protests, which began in the Paris suburbs in September, have spread across France and broadened beyond education to focus on the cost of living, drawing in trade unionists and activists and sometimes turning violent.
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