French students block schools in protest
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1,800 schools have been blockaded in France during another day of protests demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's government tackle understaffing and dilapidated buildings. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] The demonstrations come after a fortnight of student protests which began in Paris's deprived suburbs before spreading across the country. The government responded with riot police, saying the movement had now morphed into urban violence. Yesterday in Lens a protestor lost a hand after picking up a police stun grenade. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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