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France sees 266,000 rally for school funding
The Hindu··5d ago
French police fired tear gas Tuesday as nationwide demonstrations backed high school students demanding more education funding, government figures said. The Interior Ministry estimated 266,000 people marched, including 56,000 in Paris. Nearly 500 people were detained, the ministry said. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said officials must listen to student concerns. Some student groups called for new protests on Thursday.
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What It Means For You
- Parents and teachers near protest sites may face school access delays when marches coincide with class hours.
- Detentions and tear gas use can affect whether Thursday follow-up rallies draw the same crowds.
- Funding talks in parliament could shift if ministry headcounts keep exceeding prior protest waves.
What's Happening
- Demonstrations spread to Marseille, Strasbourg, Lille and other cities on Tuesday, reports said.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said police responses were proportionate in almost all cases.
- Lecornu told parliament he denounced ultra violence threatening schools during Tuesday's session.
How the movement grew
- Protests began at a Paris-region high school in mid-September before spreading nationally.
- Macron's outgoing administration faces renewed street pressure near the end of his tenure.
- Tuesday's ministry estimate exceeded a quarter of a million participants nationwide.
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